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SEAN WRIGHT'S BOOKS

Sean Wright is an author, artist, and musician. His work has gained wide critical acclaim, awards, and many fans over the years. 

His writing has been compared by fans and critics with three legendary figures in the fantasy/horror/sci-fi genre: Michael Moorcock, Mervyn Peake, and Philip K Dick. As well as liking his new weird, surreal, and fragmented style to China Mieville, Jeff Vandermeer, and M. John Harrison.

"Sean Wright accomplishes something in his maddened prose that few fantasists have ever managed. Like Robert E. Howard, Wright plays with the raw stuff of fantasy, the malleable and mutable protoplasm of genre. Jaarfindor is a dreamland made real, rooted in the concrete of the here-and-now but utterly foreign at the same time. This is powerful, mythic stuff. This is reaching into the sky and pulling down fire. Sometimes unharnessed, always bright and hot, often dangerous. But it works." gabe chouinard, US critic, writer, and founder of Fantastic Metropolis, excerpt from the introduction to Jaarfindor Remade, July 2006.    BUY JESSE JAMESON BOOKS HERE.

Sean Wright
Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (slipcased, signed)
Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (slipcased, signed) - £60.00

SOLD OUT, SORRY. NO LONGER AVAILABLE. The limited edition slipcased/signed version of The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor. The first edition, first impression of the UK hardback. Limited to 30 copies worldwide. Signed on the title page. Highly collectable. Publication date 30 March 2005. Twisted Root of Jaarfindor was short-listed for the 2005 British Fantasy Awards for Best Novella.

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Dark Tales of Time and Space (hardback - signed)
Dark Tales of Time and Space (hardback - signed) - £20.00

SORRY, SOLD OUT. Title: Dark Tales of Time and Space by Sean ) Limited First Edition: hardback (470 copies). Dark Tales was the 2006 British Fantasy Awards finalist for Best Novella.

"When it hits its stride, Dark Tales... is grippingly mysterious, and long passages thrill with an air of difference, a fantastical vision quite unlike anyone else's." Infinity Plus

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Jaarfindor Remade (hardback - colour illustrated)
Jaarfindor Remade (hardback - colour illustrated) - £40.00

SORRY, NO LONGER AVAILABLE... WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ANNOUNCING THIS FULL COLOUR ILLUSTRATED VERSION (50 COPIES WORLDWIDE), IT SOLD OUT FIVE MONTHS AHEAD OF PUBLICATION! PUBLICATION DATE: 15 AUG 2006.

Building on the growing world of Jaarfindor, this highly imaginative book sees the return of anti-heroine, Lia-Va, one of Wright's most colourful characters. "...full of stunning visions." Gabe Chouinard, critic, editor and founder of Fantastic Metropolis

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Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (paperback - signed)
Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (paperback - signed) - £5.99

The signed, first edition, first impression of the UK paperback. This is the book that was featured in the UK bookchain Waterstone's national 3 for 2 Xmas Promo 2004/2005. Very few left. First edition, first printing limited 3000 worldwide. Twisted Root of Jaarfindor was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for BEST NOVELLA 2005 and made the short-listed finals.

"Sean Wright namechecks Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Terry Pratchett, Michael Moorcock, and China Miéville in the section on this book. It's a tall order, but he manages to draw inspiration from each of those writers whilst still creating a work that's wilfully, maddeningly, joyously all its own - and does so in just 150 pages at that... the only work of Sean Wright's that I've read to date, but it has placed him on my list of essential writers." The Zone SF

The Guardian National newspaper featured Jaarfindor, picking up on "Book and Magazine Collectors" assertions that Sean Wright was one of fifteen most collectible authors. Read article.

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Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (paperback - signed)
Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (paperback - signed) - £6.99

"Love Under Jaarfindor Spires" is Sean Wright's debut short story collection. Signed on the title page by the author. Signed Limited Edition paperback. There are just 100 signed first edition paperbacks available worldwide. Publication date - November 2006. Contains "The Numberist" - the 2006 British Fantasy Award finalist in the Best Short Story category for excellence in writing.

"Sean Wright accomplishes something in his maddened prose that few fantasists have ever managed. Like Robert E. Howard, Wright plays with the raw stuff of fantasy, the malleable and mutable protoplasm of genre. Jaarfindor is a dreamland made real, rooted in the concrete of the here-and-now but utterly foreign at the same time. This is powerful, mythic stuff. This is reaching into the sky and pulling down fire. Sometimes unharnessed, always bright and hot, often dangerous. But it works." Gabe Chouinard, founder of Fantastic Metropolis, editor, critic, writer.

Contents

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Love Under Jaarfindor Spires
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Journey’s End
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Arkund Miro
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The Numberist
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Blue
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The Object
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The Transmutation of Jamey O’Rooke
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Fade Away
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Crack Boy
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Addiction
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Fortune’s Fool
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Gone Beyond My Love
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Author's note

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Jaarfindor Remade
Jaarfindor Remade - £9.99

Published August 2006. "Jaarfindor Remade" is Sean Wright's eagerly awaited debut novel for adults. There are just 150 *signed* first edition hardbacks available worldwide and 100 *signed* paperbacks. Building on the growing world of Jaarfindor, this highly imaginative book sees the return of anti-heroine, Lia-Va, one of Wright's most colourful characters and a firm favourite with critics and fans alike. "...full of stunning visions." Gabe Chouinard, critic, fonder of Fantastic Metropolis.

For fans of "The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor", Lia-Va is back, but not as we know her. She is no longer a princess but a hard-nosed corporate business tycoon who owns the planet financially and from the technological stand-point. The assassin she has hired for the ultimate hit - that will guarantee her unrivalled power - has his own disturbing agenda and he aims to take control of New Jaarfindor. 

"JAARFINDOR REMADE is written in a stunningly visual manner, the words flowing off the page with images made real by imagination, full of color and life. Almost poetic in the way this tale is told, Wright has found a way to continue his story of Jaarfindor while doing it in an entirely different manner. " Eternal Night Review - November 2006 

"Wright is part of that fragmentation, refusing to be confined by any single movement, instead developing his own style—a cross of Jack Vance and Philip José Farmer on speed." Strange Horizons, March 2007

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Wicked Or What? (signed hardback)
Wicked Or What? (signed hardback) - £12.00

"Wicked or What?" by Sean Wright. Publication date October 2005. Limited to 700 first edition, first printing copies worldwide. Signed by the author on the title page.

"So do I recommend this book? If you like your fantasy cut and dried with easy answers and the loose ends all neatly tied away, then, no; Wicked Or What? will confuse and annoy you. If however you don't mind a story that crosses genres and explains nothing, leaving the reader to decide what really happened, then, yes; you'll enjoy a fresh, different fantasy that will linger in your mind long after you've closed the book. I didn't think I'd enjoy Wicked Or What? at first, but I was pleasantly surprised. This book is definitely going on my 'books to be treasured' shelf and I shall look out for more of Sean Wright's confusing fiction in the future." (Karen Stevens, Dark Horizons Issue 49, Summer 2006)

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Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (hardback - signed)
Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (hardback - signed) - £15.99

"Love Under Jaarfindor Spires" is Sean Wright's debut short story collection. Signed on the title page by the author. There are just 150 *signed* first edition hardbacks available worldwide. Publication date - November 2006. 

"One of the best, bookending beautifully with the last, another tale of love recognized only when it is about to be lost. "Fade Away" and its prequel, "Gone Beyond My Love," tell of the eventual demise of a former actor, now looked after by his home helper, first from one character’s perspective, then the other's. These are the best pieces in the book... " Strange Horizons, March 2007

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Jaarfindor Remade (hardback - signed)
Jaarfindor Remade (hardback - signed) - £20.00

"Jaarfindor Remade" is Sean Wright's eagerly awaited debut novel for adults. There are just 150 *signed* first editions hardbacks available worldwide. Building on the growing world of Jaarfindor, this highly imaginative book sees the return of anti-heroine, Lia-Va. "...full of stunning visions." Gabe Chouinard, critic, editor and founder of Fantastic Metropolis

"JAARFINDOR REMADE is written in a stunningly visual manner, the words flowing off the page with images made real by imagination, full of color and life. Almost poetic in the way this tale is told, Wright has found a way to continue his story of Jaarfindor while doing it in an entirely different manner. " Eternal Night Review - November 2006

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Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (paperback - stamped, signed, dated)
Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (paperback - stamped, signed, dated) - £20.00

The signed and dated and stamped, with the Tree of Life black and white illustration, 1/1 version of The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor by Sean Wright. The first edition, first impression of the UK paperback. Limited to just 90 copies, individually dated from 14th Oct 2004 to 12th January 2005 Signed and dated on the title page. (Total first edition print run - 3000). This is the book that was featured in Waterstone's 3 for 2 Xmas Promo 2004/2005. Very few left. Twisted Root of Jaarfindor was a British Fantasy Award finalist for BEST NOVELLA 2005.

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Wicked Or What? (hardback - slipcased)
Wicked Or What? (hardback - slipcased) - £40.00

Wicked or What? by Sean Wright (slipcased, signed & numbered) hardback. Limited to 50 first edition, first printing slipcased copies worldwide. Each book is numbered from 1 to 50. Signed and numbered by the author on the title page.

"So do I recommend this book? If you like your fantasy cut and dried with easy answers and the loose ends all neatly tied away, then, no; Wicked Or What? will confuse and annoy you. If however you don't mind a story that crosses genres and explains nothing, leaving the reader to decide what really happened, then, yes; you'll enjoy a fresh, different fantasy that will linger in your mind long after you've closed the book. I didn't think I'd enjoy Wicked Or What? at first, but I was pleasantly surprised. This book is definitely going on my 'books to be treasured' shelf and I shall look out for more of Sean Wright's confusing fiction in the future." (Karen Stevens, Dark Horizons Issue 49, Summer 2006)

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Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (hardback - colour illustrated)
Love Under Jaarfindor Spires (hardback - colour illustrated) - £40.00

"Love Under Jaarfindor Spires" is Sean Wright's debut short story collection. Signed on the title page by the author. Colour illustrated on the half title page by the author. Signed on the title page by the author. There are just 50 signed and numbered first edition colour-illustrated hardbacks available worldwide. Publication date - November 2006. Contains "The Numberist" - the 2006 British Fantasy Award finalist in the Best Short Story category for excellence in writing.

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Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (hardback - illustrated)
Twisted Root of Jaarfindor (hardback - illustrated) - £50.00

The unique illustrated hardback version of The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor. First edition, first impression of the UK hardback. This copy has a hand-drawn and coloured illustration by the author inside the front cover. Each copy has a UNIQUE illustration, which is signed, dated and numbered "1/1" by the author. Designs are random. Twisted Root of Jaarfindor was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for BEST NOVELLA 2005 and made the short-listed finals. The additional product illustrations demonstrate the quality of the artwork/illustrations and are not the ones for sale.

The Guardian National newspaper featured Jaarfindor, picking up on the "Book and magazine Collectors" assertions that Sean Wright was one of fifteen of world's most collectible children's authors. Read article.

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Dark Tales of Time and Space (hardback - colour illustrated)
Dark Tales of Time and Space (hardback - colour illustrated) - £60.00

Dark Tales of Time and Space (hardback/signed/dated/random)
by Sean Wright. Limited First Edition: Hardcover (60 copies worldwide in this state) This is a very special and highly collectable edition. Flat signed and dated on the title page, as well as on the half title page a full colour illustration. Numbered 1/1. Unique. Double signed.

"When it hits its stride, Dark Tales... is grippingly mysterious, and long passages thrill with an air of difference, a fantastical vision quite unlike anyone else's." Infinity Plus

Dark Tales was the 2006 British Fantasy Awards finalist for Best Novella, and a 2006 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year nominee. 

3 copies left.

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