The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III: Century #3 2009
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Rating | : | 4.53 (937 Votes) |
Asin | : | 160309007X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-08-09 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Chapter Three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now stands in his way. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. The bitter, intractable war of attrition in Q'umar crawls bloodily to its fifth year, away in Kashmir a Sikh terrorist with a now-nuclear-armed submarine wages a holy war against Islam that might push the whole world into atomic holocaust, and in a London mental institution there's a patient who insists that she has all the answers.
C. D. Varn said Moore doesn't quite making the landing here.. In many ways, this feels like the League is running out of steam. Setting the story as an apocalypse in contemporary times, the plot device used to separate Mina from the Orlando and Quartermain does not seem to really work. Quartermain's return to narcotics use. Century closes on an OK note. James B. There's a lot to love in Century 2009, and unfortunately there's also a lot to hate. The novel opens with Orlando, who has undergone a pretty major personality change from how she appeared in 1910 and 1969, and it doesn't feel earned. I would argue that it's imp. Yeah, I know, the first two volumes were the best mysterio seven Alan Moore finishes the LOEG for now. They find the bad guy, but rather than win, a more powerful character comes along. As you read, it's evident that Moore didn't like Harry Potter.The first volume in this series was good. It sets up the story, leaving room fo