In the first major YA steampunk anthology, fourteen top storytellers push the genre’s mix of sci-fi fantasy, history, and adventure in fascinating new directions. Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Here, fourteen masters of speculative fiction, including two graphic storytellers, embrace the steampunk genre’s established themes and refashion them in surprising ways and settings as diverse as Appalachia, Ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California. The result is an anthology that defies its genre even as it defines it. This is the first YA anthology to focus exclusively on steampunk; genre defining and genre defying – with steampunk settings as diverse as Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California. It includes top contributor line-up and editors with established adult/YA/cult following. It is a first-rate literary sci-fi/fantasy with crossover appeal.

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Every movie in this book is a gem that every discerning film buff should know about. Although a few might be familiar – “Barbarella”, “Un Chien Andalou”, “The Blues Brothers” – most will be unfamiliar, and all will boast a small but devoted fanbase. So, just what makes a cult movie? Typically, these movies are independently made on a small budget and were never expected by their creators to attract a broad audience: the eccentricity of the film making or story telling, the controversial stance taken, or the narrow appeal of the subject matter guaranteed that their appeal was limited. Some movies achieve cult status long after their release. Neither commercially nor critically successful at the time, these movies were too revolutionary, fashionable, or simply badly made to find an appreciative audience. Movies, such as “Harold and Maude” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space”, languished unnoticed until a small, devoted group from a later generation discovered them and declared them cool. A few movies, such as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, originally attracted cult status, even though they were made by a major studio, owing to their dark, controversial, or offbeat subject matter.As tastes changed and tolerance increased, these films went on to appeal to a much wider audience and to gain commercial success without ever losing their cult status. With insight from critics, film historians, and academics from around the world, “101 Cult Movies You Must See Before You Die” is a homage to a century filled with 50-foot women, alcohol-fueled binges, surreal imaginary friends, flying pink elephants, and improbably large arachnids.

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“The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird – and weirdly compelling – films in the world. Whether you’re a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” is the ultimate guide to the world’s most memorable films. “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” selects cinema’s most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You’ll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like “There Will Be Blood”, plus filmmakers’ picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.

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“The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird – and weirdly compelling – films in the world. Whether you’re a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” is the ultimate guide to the world’s most memorable films. “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” selects cinema’s most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You’ll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like “There Will Be Blood”, plus filmmakers’ picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.

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“The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird – and weirdly compelling – films in the world. Whether you’re a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” is the ultimate guide to the world’s most memorable films. “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” selects cinema’s most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You’ll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like “There Will Be Blood”, plus filmmakers’ picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.

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You can find features, interviews and reviews of this title in nationals and film, scifi and entertainment magazines; and reviews on scifi, comics and cult entertainment websites. Ollie Janson had it all going for him – plenty of friends at school, good looks, and his coach called him one of the most talented basketball players he’s ever seen. But that was when he could still move his legs. Now he’s living with multiple sclerosis, then…Superior entered his life. This is the newest smash graphic novel from Mark Miller (“Kick-Ass”) and Leinil Francis Yu (“Secret Invasion”).

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This funny and charming book opens the door to many possibilities of the garden shed – just about the last male bastion left in the modern household. It is packed with 101 tasks tools simple projects and ideas of all sorts for having hours of uninterrupted fun. Whether you want to rediscover the lost art of ‘make do and mend’ create some useful knick-knacks explore model-making opportunities from little yachts made from matchsticks wooden toy tractors or exquisite toothbrush stands dabble with some simple experiments with optical illusions static electricity vibrating glasses or just enjoy a spot of peace and quiet with the radio and a glass of beer this book is a treasure trove of great ideas. Beautifully illustrated with good old fashioned line drawings and brimming with bright ideas to keep men entertained for hours it is set to become a cult classic. Welcome to the sanctuary of the shed!

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The Japanse pulp classic and cult film – a potent allegory of what it means to be young and survive in today’s dog-eat-dog world.

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