This October will be a bumper calendar month for Alan Moore , his third novel , The Great When and The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic .
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There is a vainglorious closed book towards the end of this article so keep reading . This October will be a bumper month forAlan Moore . He has his third novel write , The Great When , the first part of his five - partLong Londonseries . And his twenty - years - in - the - making final graphical novel work , The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magicwith the lateSteve MooreandKevin O’Neillwill see publishing from Knockabout in the UK and Top Shelf / IDW in the USA in the same month . All in time for his 71st natal day in November .
Bloomsbury USA :
The Great When : A Long London Novel Hardcover – October 1 , 2024.From theNew York Timesbestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore , the first Word of God in an transport newfangled fancy serial about slaying , legerdemain , and madness in post - WWII London . Dennis Knuckleyard is a miserable eighteen - year - quondam who works and lives in a 2d - hand bookstore . One day , his boss and landlady , Coffin Ada , sends him to retrieve some rare books , one of which , Dennis give away , should not exist . A London Walkby Rev. Thomas Hampole is a fictitious book that appears in a real novel by another author . YetA London Walkis physically there in his hands , nonetheless . Coffin Ada tells Dennis the record comes from the other London , the Great When , a version of the urban center that is beyond meter . In the Great When , date of reference flux and world and unrealities blur , while concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous and terrible beings . But , Coffin Ada assure Dennis , if he does not return the Christian Bible to this other London , he will be killed . So lead off Dennis ' adventure in Long London . turn over deeply into the city ’s supernatural underbelly and tarrying with an outre mold of sorcerer , gangster , and murderer , Dennis find himself at the centre of an volatile serial of upshot that may threaten both Londons . mystic , screaming , and magnificently imagined , The majuscule Whenis an unforgettable introduction to the knowingness - falsify world of Long London .
Bloomsbury UK :
The Great When : A Long London Novel Hardcover – 1 Oct. 2024 . A dark and beguiling tour through the street of a magical London by the Sunday Times bestselling master of advanced fantasy , Alan Moore . The year is 1949 , the metropolis London . Dennis Knuckleyard is a pathetic eighteen - yr - old who act and lives in a second - hand bookstore . One day , on an errand to call up rare book , Dennis discovers that one of them does not live . It is a fictitious book , yet it is physically there in his hands all the same . How ? It comes from the Great When , a gloomy and magical version of the city that is beyond time . There , era blend and realities and unreality blur . If Dennis does not take this book back to the other London , he will be kill . So begins a journey dig deep into the city ’s supernatural underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric plaster bandage of sorcerers , gangsters , and manslayer , many of whom have their own nefarious intentions . Soon Dennis determine himself at the center of an explosive series of consequence that may alter and endanger both Londons . Mystical , magnificently written and hilarious , The Great When is Moore ’s most imaginative work yet and the first in the fantastical unexampled Long London series .
Top Shelf / IDW USA :
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Hardcover – October 15 , 2024
boisterous UK :
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Hardcover – 17 Oct. 2024by Alan Moore , Steve Moore , John Coulthart , Ben Wickey , Kevin O’Neill , Steve Parkhouse , Rick VeitchThe most acclaim writer in comics history , Alan Moore , joins his late mentor Steve Moore ( no telling ) for one last pictorial grimoire : a sprawling and stunning foundation to conjuring trick in all its timeless forms , brought to sprightliness by five wondrous and whimsical artists . brilliant news for enquiring minds , and guarantee salvation for humans ! Messrs. Steve and Alan Moore , current proprietors of the celebrated Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels ( sorcery by appointment since circa 150 advertising ) , have produced a readable and practical grimoire of the occult scientific discipline that offers endless necromantic fun . finely crystalize by a legion of adepts admit Kevin O’Neill , John Coulthart , Steve Parkhouse , Rick Veitch , and Ben Wickey , this marvelous and unprecedented tome hope to allow for all that the lector could conceivably necessitate in guild to commence a accomplish new career as a diabolist . Its content include abundantly illustrate instructional essays upon this ancient religious order ’s theory of magic , notably the key thesis " Adventures in Thinking , " which gives dependable advice as to how entry into the creation of magic may be readily attain . Further to this , a bit of " Rainy Day " activity pages present lively and entertaining thing to do once the magical state has been attained , include such democratic pursuit as divination , etheric travel , and the conjuring of a colourful multitude of spirits , immortal , dead people , and fiendish entities from the pit , all of whom are sure to become your new best friend . Also contain within this extravagant collection of thaumaturgic traditional knowledge is a history of trick from the last sparkler age to the present day , told in a series of easy - to - absorb vivid biographies of fifty bully enchanters and complemented by a variety of motion picture story picture event range from the Palaeolithic origins of artistry , magic , speech , and knowingness to the rib - tickling comedy feat of Moon and Serpent beginner Alexander the False Prophet ( " He ’s playfulness , he ’s simulated , he ’s got a spill Snake River ! " ) . In addition to these manifold delights , the adventuresome reader will also discover a series of helpful travel guide to mind - wrenching exotic dimensions that are within comfortable walk distance , as well as profiles of the many quaint local inhabitants that one might bump into at these exotic resorts . A full reach of entertainment will be furnish , encompassing such diverse freshness and pursuits as a richly dress , effete pulp tale of supernatural adventure recounted in the successive sort . Completing this almost - unimaginable hoarded wealth trove is a drawn-out thesis expose the ultimate meaning of both the Moon and the Serpent in a mode that makes gauzy the much - obscured secret of magic , happiness , sexual practice , creativity , and the be intimate Universe , while at the same time excuse why these lunar and ophidian symbols boast so conspicuously in the order ’s peculiar name . ( Manufacturer ’s disclaimer : This version does not , however , reveal why the titular junto of magicians consider themselves to be either sumptuous or Egyptian . Let the purchaser mind . ) A colossal and audacious publication triumph of three hundred and fifty - two page , beautifully produced in the finest custom of educational literature for young masses , The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic will transform your lives , your reality , and any scanty lead that you happen to have lying around into the complete and most effulgent gold . script figure by John Coulthart . Co - published by Knockabout & Top Shelf Productions(US ) .
So what to do while you are waitress ? Well there is a certain something that some might wish to try and dog down .
Bleeding Coolpreviously take down that the protagonist of The Great When was oneDennis Knuckleyard , and that Alan Moore came up with the name from a dream diary of his . " The only promising item that they ’ve throw up so far is an intriguing sounding name : Dennis Knuckleyard . I may find a place to use this in the future , or I may not . " But it seems the name was also used as a nom de guerre for Moore in a Northampton fanzine calledDream , with a story titled " My Protocol " , list – and then withdrawn – on eBay for £ 400 , described as being " very uncommon , approx . 50 copies were made and sell mostly at local poetry reading event . " estimable fortune hunting that !
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