{"product_id":"9781681372389","title":"The New World","description":"By: Chris Reynolds     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidian frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the mid-1980s, the British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been  assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours:  a place of cool afternoon shadows and gently rolling hills, half-empty  trains and sleepy downtown streets. But the closer you look, the weirder  it gets. After losing a mysterious intergalactic war, Earth is no  longer in humanity’s control. Blandly friendly aliens lurk on the  margins and seem especially interested in the mining industry. The very  rules of time and space seem to have shifted: Mysterious figures  suddenly appear in childhood photos, family members disappear forever  without warning, power outages abound, and certain people gain the power  of flight. A helmeted man named Jimmy is somehow causing local  businesses to shutter and is being closely watched by the “trendy new  police force,” Rational Control. The world is being remade, but in what  image?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new collection, selected and designed by the acclaimed  cartoonist Seth, includes short stories, a novella, and the full-length  graphic novel \u003ci\u003eMauretania\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the ideal guide to all the  mystery and wonder of one of the most underappreciated cult classics in  the history of comics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis NYRC edition is a hardcover with foil stamping, debossing, full-color endpapers, and extra-thick paper, and features new scans of the original artwork.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":46404111007971,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781681372389","price":224.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781681372389.jpg?v=1748571715","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/9781681372389","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}