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

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

by JeffVanderMeer (Author), Mark Roberts (Author)

Synopsis

This is a 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".

$15.98

Quantity

4 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 302
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pan
Published: 18 Nov 2005

ISBN 10: 0330437941
ISBN 13: 9780330437943

Media Reviews
'An amazing book... sure to delight the discerning (and slightly warped) reader' Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
A cast of fifty-eight contributors whose wisdom is compiled by Dr Jeff VanderMeer (author of Veniss Underground and The City of Saints and Madmen) who lives in Florida, and Dr Mark Roberts, a distinguished IT expert resident in London.