Alan Moore does an 'other london' quintet-'Long London'

[DotCommunist]

He already did northampton in his great work 'Jerusalem'

Now he's turned his attention to that great babylondon all the way down there.
first one is 'The Great When- A Long London Novel'

Looking forward to it tbf.

heres some blurb:

Dennis Knuckleyard is a hapless eighteen-year-old who works and lives in a second-hand bookstore. One day, his boss and landlady, Coffin Ada, sends him to retrieve some rare books, one of which, Dennis discovers, should not exist. A London Walk by Rev. Thomas Hampole is a fictitious book that appears in a real novel by another author. Yet A London Walk is physically there in his hands, nonetheless.

Coffin Ada tells Dennis the book comes from the other London, the Great When, a version of the city that is beyond time. In the Great When, epochs blend and realities and unrealities blur, while concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous and terrible beings. But, Coffin Ada tells Dennis, if he does not return the book to this other London, he will be killed.

So begins Dennis' adventure in Long London. Delving deep into the city's occult underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers, Dennis finds himself at the center of an explosive series of events that may endanger both Londons.

Mystical, hilarious, and magnificently imagined, The Great When is an unforgettable introduction to the consciousness-altering world of Long London.

 

[tommers]

He already did northampton in his great work 'Jerusalem'

Now he's turned his attention to that great babylondon all the way down there.
first one is 'The Great When- A Long London Novel'

Looking forward to it tbf.

heres some blurb:

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[tommers]

I liked Jerusalem and I liked Illuminations more than my mate did (he hated it tbf). This sounds just as mad as most of his stuff.

 

[izz]

He already did northampton in his great work 'Jerusalem'

Now he's turned his attention to that great babylondon all the way down there.
first one is 'The Great When- A Long London Novel'

Looking forward to it tbf.

heres some blurb:

Phwoar ! I'm in !

 

[JimW]

Nice to see poor overlooked London get a literary look-in

 

[DotCommunist]

Nice to see poor overlooked London get a literary look-in

one of the things I loved about jerusalem was being able to see some of the places he describes in my minds eye, places I've been and walked around, spent a lifetime growing up in. Thats what it must feel like all the time living in london, even watching the tele, all the things are set either there or up north.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Preordered. Jerusalem was one of my all-time favourite reads, would re-read it if I could carve out three months to tackle it again.

That blurb gives me a combination of Fallen London and The City & The City vibes.

 

[Santino]

It honestly sounds like something ChatGPT would come up with as Moore's next project.