XX by Rian Hughes
A unique and extraordinary novel of alien first contact, and how humanity copes in the aftermath.
Vastly ambitious, XX is the most astonishing blend of narrative, meta-narratives and visualsReal ‘wow’ moments and big ideas combine with brilliant typographical flourishes to create the Moby Dick of sci-fi. * Daily Mail *
Genuinely unlike anything else I have ever read . . . The confidence and style with which Hughes juggles all his material is only matched by his extraordinary imagination and vision, and as the book races towards a mindboggling climax it leads the reader to some remarkable ideas about the nature of life, the universe and everything. Simply stunning. * Big Issue *
XX keeps you turning the pages, engages with big ideas and delivers an authentic jolt of awe as it takes its galaxy-spanning conceit to the limit, and then some. * Financial Times *
The look is every bit as vital as its plot and its prose. Compulsively readable. Its ideas are grand, and it moves like a thriller. Come for the lush design, stay for the Clarkeian ideas and sly sense of humour. * SFX *
Rian Hughes’ stunning visual spectacle of a novel . . . this staggering book! * SciFi Now *
Brilliant, exciting, absorbing, and mind-blowing . . . A perfect work of art about what it means to be human in a world of gigantic ideas. -- Grant Morrison
This is a book which only Rian Hughes could have created, which should make us all eternally grateful that he did. -- Kieron Gillen
A novel that is novel is so many ways. A brilliant co-mix of text and graphic design in which sign, symbol and word are linguistically intertwined and reinvented. -- Steven Heller
Rian Hughes is a luminescent pop culture demon. -- David Quantick
Genuinely unlike anything else I have ever read . . . The confidence and style with which Hughes juggles all his material is only matched by his extraordinary imagination and vision, and as the book races towards a mindboggling climax it leads the reader to some remarkable ideas about the nature of life, the universe and everything. Simply stunning. * Big Issue *
XX keeps you turning the pages, engages with big ideas and delivers an authentic jolt of awe as it takes its galaxy-spanning conceit to the limit, and then some. * Financial Times *
The look is every bit as vital as its plot and its prose. Compulsively readable. Its ideas are grand, and it moves like a thriller. Come for the lush design, stay for the Clarkeian ideas and sly sense of humour. * SFX *
Rian Hughes’ stunning visual spectacle of a novel . . . this staggering book! * SciFi Now *
Brilliant, exciting, absorbing, and mind-blowing . . . A perfect work of art about what it means to be human in a world of gigantic ideas. -- Grant Morrison
This is a book which only Rian Hughes could have created, which should make us all eternally grateful that he did. -- Kieron Gillen
A novel that is novel is so many ways. A brilliant co-mix of text and graphic design in which sign, symbol and word are linguistically intertwined and reinvented. -- Steven Heller
Rian Hughes is a luminescent pop culture demon. -- David Quantick
Rian Hughes is a graphic designer, illustrator, comic artist, writer and type designer who has worked extensively for the British and American advertising, music and comic book industries.
He has written and drawn comics for 2000AD and Batman: Black and White, and designed logos for The Avengers, The X-Men, Superman, record label Hedkandi, MTV and James Bond. He has edited books on mid-century lifestyle illustration and custom typography, and written on semiotics, culture, and collecting vintage science fiction pulps and paperbacks.
He lives in London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781529020571 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529020573 |
| Title | XX |
| Author | Rian Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2020-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 992 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |