The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases Jeff VanderMeer

Name: The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases By Jeff VanderMeer
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The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Jeff VanderMeer

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A stunningly original, superbly written, riotously funny compendium of thinking person's humour

The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases Summary

The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Jeff VanderMeer

Marvellously entertaining dip-in spoof guide to exotic fictional illnesses and afflictions, with over eighty entries contributed by fifty-eight writers, including the editors themselves and Steve Aylett, Neil Gaiman, David Langford, China Mieville, Michael Moorcock, Brian Stableford, etc. It is illustrated throughout with curious and humorously unenlightening sketches.

'An amazing book ... sure to delight the discerning (and slightly warped) reader' Publishers Weekly

The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases Reviews

An amazing book... sure to delight the discerning (and slightly warped) reader' Publishers Weekly

About Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning novelist and editor. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of America's American Fantastic Tales and multiple year's best anthologies. He writes non-fiction for the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian, among others. His novels include the Ambergris series, and Annihilation. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife. Dr Mark Roberts is a distinguished IT expert resident in Kent. He is the editor of and contributor to The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, a spoof guide to fictional illnesses. Other contributors include Neil Gaiman and China Mieville.

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Sku

GOR001129538

ISBN 13

9781405049603

ISBN 10

140504960X

Title

The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Jeff VanderMeer

Author

Jeff VanderMeer

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Year published

20041119

Number of pages

496

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N/A

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Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us