Nameless

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Nameless tells the story of a down at heel occult hustler known only as Nameless who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part of a desperate mission to save the world A massive asteroid named Xibalba the Place of Fear in Mayan mythology is on collision course with the planet Earth If that wasn t trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magical symbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solar system s lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed sixty five million years ago at the end of an epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely powerful, life hating, extra dimensional gods One of those beings is still alive, imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists When Nameless and his teammates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul destroying intelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to the outer reaches of human terror. New Read Nameless [ author ] Grant Morrison [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr It was 9 at night, and I m sitting in my chair holding Nameless, thinking that I ll finish the book in an hour or so, then catch a movie and hit the bed like a good responsible adult At around 10.30, I m in my bed confused as an ostrich on the moon and I m reading the reviews of my good GR friends and wondering what the hell did I miss At 11, I m on a Reddit thread discussio...Nameless is a nonlinear poem of magic, mythology, and nightmare logic It s cerebral sci fi horror, brutally violent, imaginative, bleak, and thought provoking But it needs to be at least twice as long for proper development I m still not 100% on what happens or when, but I m getting closer And Morrison clarifies the story and his inspiration in the afterword of this edition I have to give special credit to the visual design of this book The typography, the design, the organic panel Nameless is a nonlinear poem of magic, mythology, and nightmare logic It s cerebral sci fi horror, brutally violent, imaginative, bleak, and thought provoking But it needs to be at least twice as long for proper developme...Nameless , Mimics, and Shit Only Vaguely Related to the Book Itself Alright Grant Morrison s finally decided to write something strange and unconventional He s teamed up again with artist Chris Burnham for the cosmic horror tale Nameless , traversing the same parsecs that Event Horizon did, but with elements of the shitty Michael Bay flick Armageddon tossed into the mix Oh, how the Morrisons have fallen Borrowing ideas from Michael Bay a group of obese Satan worshipping Mimes will Nameless , Mimics, and Shit Only Vaguely Related to the Book Itself Alright Grant Morrison s finally decided to write something strange and unconventional He s teamed up again with artist Chris Burnham for the cosmic horror tale Nameless , traversing the same parsecs that Event Horizon did, but with elements of the shitty Michael Bay flick Armageddon tossed into the mix Oh, how the Morrisons have fallen Borrowing idea... Synopsis Horror in space Horror on earth, horror on the streets, horror in the homes, horror transforming the body, horror nestling in the mind Horror horror, everywhere, and so much blood to drink Game Hercules opens the game The soul is stricken and withers the soul comes alive and is reborn Gates are opened and so a new reality must begin My favorite little story about the end Review Son of the Dawn Grant Morrison puts forth his familiar theses, also present in his equally Synopsis Horror in space Horror on earth, horror on the streets, horror in the homes, horror transforming the body, horror nestling in the mind Horror horror, everywhere, and so much blood to drink Game Hercules opens the game The soul is stricken and withers the soul comes alive and is reborn Gates are opened and so a new reality must begin My favorite little story about the end Review Son of the Dawn Grant Morrison puts forth his familiar theses, also present in his equally excellent past works The Filth and Flexx Mentallo and The Invisibles Risen Star Chris Burn...An asteroid 14 miles long and 6 miles wide is hurtling towards Earth at 50,000 miles an hour it s called Xibalba after the Mayan underworld, the place of fear , and the extinction level impact will be in 33 days An eccentric billionaire called Paul Darius launches a crew into space to save the world, among them the occult expert Nameless whose sigils will hopefully stop whatever evil is contained within Xibalba It s Armageddon by way of HP Lovecraft with a dash of Incept...Jesus It s like the goddamn Exorcist meets Apollo 13 That quote is a good synthesis about what lurks between these pages waiting for the poor unaware reader, but for me it waslike John Carpenter s In the mouth of madness meets Event Horizon.A disturbing and gory lovecraftian cabalistic nightmare of a tale that it s going to haunt my dreams for many nights ahead.Not sure I ve understood everything, but endnotes helped a lot and artworks were just over the top.A must read for all Jesus It s ...I read this on Christmas evening, when I was coming down with the flu I felt terrible, and this intensified the yuck feeling the book evokes This is no less than cosmic horror It s grotesque and macabre and brutal and senseless Probably everything I dislike in a horror story I don t mind a bit of macabre, but I like mystery with my macabre, I m a classic horror girl The story is not very straightforward either It s written in a surreal kind of manner in which one is not sure if this is I read this on Christmas evening, when I was coming down with the flu I felt terrible, and this intensified the yuck feeling the book evokes This is no less than cosmic horror It s grotesque and macabre and brutal and senseless Probably everything I dislike in a horror story I don t mind a bit of macabre, but I like mystery with my macabre, I m a classic horro...Nameless is the kind of thing Grant Morrison excels at It s a big picture kind of story with a lot of weirdness going on vintage GM A consortium of billionaires funds a secret mission to stop a massive asteroid named Xibalba from hitting the Earth But all is not as it seems There is something farnefarious going on At its heart Nameless is a H.P Lovecraftian story set in space The well done artwork helps to solidify this twisted tale The author credits Lovecraft but decided to Nameless is the kind of thing Grant Morriso...This has been an interesting read to say the least I have been a fan of the work of Grant Morrison for some time but never got round to reading Nameless a title that always seem to pop up in his bibliography but which I have never physically seen or read.So I decided it was time to take the plunge Now this book has had many references made to it from it being a pet project, to an attempt at graphic horror to end of the world with a very Lovecraftian influence Well it is all of these This has been an interesting read to say the least I have been a fan of the work of Grant Morrison for some time but never got round to reading Nameless a title that always seem to pop up in his bibliography but which I have never physically seen or read.So I decided it was time to take the plunge Now this book has had many references made to it from it being a pet project, to an attempt at graphic horror to end of the world with a very Lovecraftian influence Well it is all of these things andand at the same time not as extreme as you would think Yes I will say now there are some graphic scenes and imagery which might not be to everyones taste but I have seen a lot worse and with a lot weaker justification than is given in this book too So not for the feint hearted b...Bullet Review I m not 100% sure of 1 what I read or 2 what is going on, but hey, I enjoyed it But geez louise, is there gore galore Lots of pages I had to barely glance at or I would lose my lunch

Nameless
  • English
  • 08 August 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 192 pages
  • 1632155273
  • Grant Morrison
  • Nameless