Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Meta-Introduction

Intros

The Wes Anderson Collection, Matt Zoller Seitz

Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde

The Long Ships, Frans G. Bengtsson

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, Andrew Bolton

Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, Ben Katchor

Herma, MacDonald Harris

Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories, M. R. James

Brown Sugar Kitchen, Tanya Holland

Monster Man, Gary Gianni

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, Michael Moorcock

American Flagg!, Howard Chaykin

D’Aulaires’ Norse Myths, Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

“The Rocket Man,” Ray Bradbury

John Carter of Mars: Warlord of Mars, Marv Wolfman, Gil Kane et al.

The Escapists, Brian K. Vaughan

Summerland

Fountain City, excerpt

Outros

Fountain City, excerpt

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Gentlemen of the Road

The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster

Wonder When You’ll Miss Me, Amanda Davis

Appendix: Liner Notes

1980–1996, Carsickness

Uptown Special Vinyl Edition, Mark Ronson

About the Author

Also by Michael Chabon

Copyright

About the Publisher