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The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man - Flamingo Modern Classic

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Publisher's Synopsis

A classic collection of stories - all told on the skin of a man - from the author of Fahrenheit 451.

If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human anatomy, perhaps he might have used this man's body for his art…

Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. He's tried sandpaper, acid, and a knife. Because, as the sun sets, the pictures glow like charcoals, like scattered gems. They quiver and come to life. Tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker as the figures enact their stories - voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future.

Here are sixteen tales: sixteen illustrations… the seventeenth is your own future told on the skin of the Illustrated Man.

About the Publisher

Harper Voyager

Voyager is the home of fantasy and science fiction at HarperCollins and is one of the world's greatest genre lists. We publish giants of fantasy like George R. R. Martin (creator of Game of Thrones), Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings and Robin Hobb, newer bestsellers like Joe Abercrombie, Guy Gavriel Kay and Peter V Brett and classic science fiction by such all-time greats as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K Dick and Ray Bradbury and we are also incredibly proud of our commitment to developing the brightest new talents such as Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorns), Emmi Itäranta (Memoryof Water) and Josh Malerman (Birdbox).

Book information

ISBN: 9780006479222
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper Voyager
Pub date:
Edition: Reissue
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 210g
Height: 196mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 20mm