Para.

Para

Stuart Moore

Penny Farthing Press

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Stuart Moore's "Para" is a superbly drawn, 192-page graphic novel offering riveting riv·et·ing
adj.
Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: The last chapter was so riveting that I was reading past midnight. science fiction at a sophisticated level that is as compelling as it is entertaining. When a super collider col`lid´er

n. 1. (Physics) a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on. is fired up, disaster occurs which blights the life of the project head's little girl. There's a government story that the accident resulted in massive and lethal radiation, closing the site to inspection for more than a decade. But when the decade is over and the little girl is now a young woman, she teams up with her dad's best friend, a grad student, and a government agent to see what they can find out in the bowels of the underground experimental structure with its miles of corridors and various control rooms. But it seems that the government wasn't candid all those years ago about what really went wrong. And now the very earth itself is at risk for annihilation annihilation

In physics, a reaction in which a particle and its antiparticle (see antimatter) collide and disappear. The annihilation releases energy equal to the original mass m multiplied by the square of the speed of light c, or E = m . "Para" is a superb example of what a graphic novel can bring to science fiction storytelling Storytelling
Aesop

semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10]

Münchäusen

Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. and is enthusiastically recommended for action/adventure science fiction fans and enthusiasts!

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Date:	Dec 1, 2006
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