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Alan Moore

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in Northampton, England, The United Kingdom

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sincla ...more

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As October 31st approaches, how do you celebrate Halloween?

Alan Moore You have to understand that I’m from an English, not to say a Northampton, working-class background, and that the way that we traditionally regarded H…moreYou have to understand that I’m from an English, not to say a Northampton, working-class background, and that the way that we traditionally regarded Halloween over here before we had the America re-imagining of the phenomenon imported, was as a serious and ominous event that was part of the witches’ calendar. My grandmother, whom we lived with, was unwavering in her insistence that since this was a night in which malevolent and destructive supernatural forces were abroad and roaming freely, this was also a night when sensible people, particularly children, should stay indoors.
I feel, personally, that this was a properly respectful attitude to the ‘spirits of a place’ that accumulate, if only in that place’s legend and dream and imagination: these things are an important part of a place’s psychological reality, and I would actually prefer not to see them reduced to a fourteen year-old girl in a ‘sexy witch’ costume. Still, each to their own, and I’ve no doubt I shall spend this Halloween handing out money to, hopefully, some of the neighbourhood’s younger children accompanied by their parents, as these are always very respectful and point out to the children that they are actually talking to a real warlock. And of course, if they’re not with their parents I can ritually sacrifice a couple of them to my deformed 2nd century snake-god. Then everybody’s happy.(less)

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Do you believe knowing that you're living inside of a horror story makes it easier to live there?

Alan Moore It’s really only fictional people that live in horror stories. Real people, even if they’ve been the subject of special rendition and are currently re…moreIt’s really only fictional people that live in horror stories. Real people, even if they’ve been the subject of special rendition and are currently receiving electric shocks to their genitals somewhere in Egypt, are not in a horror story: they are in the same ordinary reality as you and I, which we are all a part of and which we all, by our actions and inactions, help to create. I think it would be best if we agreed that we are living in the real world, and if at times it reads like a horror story – or worse – then we are the only authors, and we are the only authority that is in a position t fix or change that.(less)

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	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Dave Gibbons (Illustrator/Letterer), John Higgins (Colorist) 4.39 avg rating — 594,422 ratings — published 1987 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), David Lloyd, Steve Whitaker (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 325,087 ratings — published 1990 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Brian Bolland (Illustrator), Tim Sale (Introduction) 4.36 avg rating — 236,200 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents… by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Dave Gibbons (Artist), John Higgins (Colorist) 4.33 avg rating — 186,494 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V for Vendetta #1 by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), David Lloyd (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 90,456 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 3.95 avg rating — 56,240 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Hell by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Eddie Campbell (Illustrator), Pete Mullins (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 44,790 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V de Vendetta, Tomo 1 (V for Vendetta #1 de 2) by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), David Lloyd (Ilustrator), Carlos Mayor Ortega (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 32,850 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Stephen R. Bissette (Illustrator), John Totleben (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 29,308 ratings — published 1983 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author), Kevin O'Neill (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 22,175 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Polls

MAY FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the May 2015 Fantasy BOTM.

Watchmen by Alan Moore

19 votes, 20.2%

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

16 votes, 17.0%

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

14 votes, 14.9%

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

11 votes, 11.7%

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

11 votes, 11.7%

Smiler's Fair by Rebecca Levene

7 votes, 7.4%

Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5 votes, 5.3%

The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller

5 votes, 5.3%

The Edge of the World by Kevin J. Anderson

4 votes, 4.3%

Malice by John Gwynne

2 votes, 2.1%

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