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ITT: Novels about people with superpowers, but not necessarily superheroes.

>> No.1353401
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>> No.1353406

>>1353401
>Implying comics are novels

>> No.1353409

>>1353401
I have Watchmen pretty much memorized. I was looking for non-graphic novels, specifically. I know shit tons of comics that fit this description.

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>>1353406
They're GRAPHIC novels

>> No.1353425

Jonathan Letham - Fortress of Solitude

Might not seem so when reading a review, but those kids eventually have a superpower - the ability to fly. The book is about a lot of things, though

>> No.1353428

>>1353422
>They're picture books

Fixed

>> No.1353430

>>1353425

how was that book?

i recently bought it on a whim, and haven't decided whether i should read it next or wait a little while on it...

>> No.1353434

I really liked Fortress of Solitue, very gripping ode to Brooklyn.

>> No.1353447

>>1353430
well, it drags on a bit. But, not being an american, I found it quite interesting. The exploration of urban (black) pop-culture through the 70s and 80s from the perspective of a flimsy white boy who grows up in a mostly black brooklyn neighborhood and subsequently develops some kind of stockholms syndrome. The escapism comics can offer (thats the Fortress of Solitude part).
I liked that the book was absolutely not hypocritical in any way.

>> No.1353451

>>1353380
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ZEshyZVOo
OP related

>> No.1353464

V for Vendetta

/thread

>> No.1353523

>>1353464
Not picture books! I've read that one too, I'm a foreign exchange student from /co/ looking for more /lit/ish material.

>> No.1353530

Another vote for Fortress of Solitude. Lethem at the top of his game.

>> No.1353645

bump for moar plz?

>> No.1353758

I've never read Jumper, but the movie was an unholy peice of cunt. Is the book good?

>> No.1353765

>Superpowers
There is a wealth of literature based around the cold war. I recommend The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and (if you can find it) Atomsk.

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>> No.1353788

Fade by Robert Cormier is YA but it has murder and incest so it's literature too I GUESS.

>> No.1353795

>>1353788
YA is fine, as long as it's good.

>> No.1353930

bump to expand library

>> No.1353935

>>1353765

pfffffthahahahaha