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More copies of this ISBNThe Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseasesby Jeff Vandermeer
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:“Imagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid youre afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn!” Book Sense You hold in your hands the most complete and official guide to imaginary ailments ever assembledeach disease carefully documented by the most stellar collection of speculative fiction writers ever to play doctor. Detailed within for your reading and diagnostic pleasure are the frightening, ridiculous, and downright absurdly hilarious symptoms, histories, and possible cures to all the ills human flesh isnt heir to, including Ballistic Organ Disease, Delusions of Universal Grandeur, and Reverse Pinocchio Syndrome. Lavishly illustrated with cunning examples of everything that cant go wrong with you, the Lambshead Guide provides a healthy dose of good humor and relief for hypochondriacs, pessimists, and lovers of imaginative fiction everywhere. Even if you dont have Pentzlers Lubriciousness or Tian Shan-Gobi Assimilation, the cure for whatever seriousness may ail you is in this remarkable collection. Synopsis:From some of the most profound imaginations in writing today, including eight World Fantasy Award winners, comes a strange and marvelous compendium of diseases both rare and fantastical. Offering complete histories, symptom guides, and suggested treatments for such ailments as Pentzler's Lubriciousness and Printer's Evil, here is a dose of good humor for every sleep-deprived medical student, overworked physician, hypochondriac, and curious reader. Beautifully illustrated to match its Victorian origins, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide is a clever visual and literary treat. The Guide was named a Book Sense 76 pick and nominated for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award. Contributors include Kage Baker, K.J. Bishop, Richard Calder, Paul Di Filippo, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Tim Lebbon, China Mieville, and Liz williams, among others. Synopsis:Offering complete histories, symptom guides, and suggested treatments for rare and fantastical ailments, here is a dose of good humor for every sleep-deprived medical student, overworked physician, hypochondriac, and curious reader. About the AuthorEditor Jeff VanderMeer is the author of two short story collections, City of Saints and Madmen and A Secret Life, and one novel, Veniss Underground. He has also edited anthologies Leviathan 1, 2, and 3, the last a World Fantasy Award winner and Philip K. Dick award finalist. Mark Roberts runs Chimeric, a graphic design firm, and has been involved in several publishing ventures through the publisher arm of Chimeric. An accomplished illustrator and writer, his work has appeared in Interzone, The Third Alternative, The New York Review of SF, and many others. Along with his co-editor, Jeff VanderMeer, he has been a finalist for the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award for his work on the fake disease guide. He lives in London, England. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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