Here
by Richard McGuire · first published 2014
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"Richard McGuire's Here is the story of a corner of a room and the events that happened in that space while moving forward and backward in time. The book experiments with formal properties of comics, using multiple panels to convey the different moments in time. Hundreds of thousands of years become interwoven. A dinosaur from 100,000,000 BCE lumbers by, while a child is playing with a plastic toy that resembles the same dinosaur in the year 1999. Conversations appear to be happening between two people who are centuries apart. Someone asking, "Anyone seen my car keys?" can be "answered" by som
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Some recent-ish ones, because many of my classic ones have been mentioned: Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco. Here by Richard McGuire The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
on “Ask HN: What is your favorite fiction book?” ↗If you're into this kind of work, I suggest spending an hour or so reading/looking through "Here" by Richard McGuire. It's a fascinating conceptual graphic novel that really gave me a new way of thinking about time. Even now, years after reading it, I find myself appreciating the history of physical…
on “Below the Surface – Finds from an archaeological project in the River Amstel” ↗Sounds like something I'd really enjoy. Observing one particular space over time is the concept behind the graphic novel** "Here" by Richard McGuire. ** It's really light on dialogue (and characters for that matter). Way more emphasis on the Graphic part than the Novel part.
on “200k-year-old hand art found near a Tibetan hot spring” ↗