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The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases

by · 2003

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From Delusions of Universal Grandeur to Twentieth Century Chronoshock, this amusing pocket guide to concocted diseases - designed and illustrated by John Coulthart - features an anthology of slightly morbid, darkly humorous ailments and prognosis srved up by such renowned luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Gahan Wilson, Brian Stableford, and Michael Bishop.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thissteampunksteampunkMore like thisLess of thisweird fictionweird fictionMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 320 pages
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