دانلود کتاب Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen
by Richard Bensam, Timothy Callahan, Julian Darius, Peter Sanderson, Geoff Klock, Patrick Meaney, Chad Nevett, Mary Borsellino, Jon Cormier, Walter Hudsick, John Loyd, Gene Phillips, William Ritchie, Kevin Colden
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It’s 2005. Watchmen is selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Greatest English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present.
It’s 2009. A film adaptation of Watchmen is released.
It’s today. A quarter century since its original publication Watchmen is more popular than ever.
Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen examines Watchmen from a variety of perspectives to uncover surprising answers to many questions. What does it reveal about the history of scientific theory? How is the atom bombing of Hiroshima refracted through its pages? Does Watchmen’s murder mystery measure up to the standards of Raymond Chandler? Is the depiction of Rorschach an unfair caricature of the philosophy of Steve Ditko? Where are the secrets of Captain Metropolis and the Minutemen revealed? Was the Comedian right all along? Who shouldn’t read Watchmen? What are the limits of Watchmen and do they extend beyond a major motion picture?
Edited by Richard Bensam with essays by Mary Borsellino, Tim Callahan, Jon Cormier, Julian Darius, Walter Hudsick, Geoff Klock, John Loyd, Patrick Meaney, Chad Nevett, Gene Phillips, William Richie, and Peter Sanderson.
No matter how well you know the story, you’re sure to learn something new about Watchmen here.