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03158aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 2A8DADCAC52611EC906460AF4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220426010024 008 210211t20222022nyua e 6 000 1 eng d 020 $a 141974447X 020 $a 9781419744471 035 $a (OCoLC)1237252930 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d ERASA $d IEB $d OCLCO $d GO6 $d IH9 $d OCLCO $d RNL $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a PN6700-6790 082 04 $a 741.5973 $2 23/eng/20220407 100 1 $a Barnes, Steven, $d 1952- $e author. 245 14 $a The eightfold path / $c written by Steven Barnes and Dr. Charles Johnson ; illustrated by Bryan Christopher Moss. 264 1 $a New York : $b Abrams ComicArts Megascope, $c 2022. 300 $a 233 pages : $b chiefly color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher are trapped in a cave high in the mountains on their way to his temple. One of his acolytes directs them to each tell a story that the group can learn from as they wait out the horrible snowstorm that rages outside the cave's entrance. One by one the travelers each share a story that, unbeknownst to them, is actually a morality tale representing one of the aspects of final enlightenment as taught in Buddhism. As the wind howls through the night, they tell symbolic stories of horror, dystopia, high adventure, cyberpunk, and urban fantasy. Each story is a spoke on the symbolic Dharma wheel, and each interlocking tale gets the travelers closer to their true destiny--unveiling the future of the entire human race. This remarkable collection borrows heavily from the traditions of pop-culture morality anthology series such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Lovecraft Country, and the publications of E.C. Comics. Heavily influenced by the science fiction pulps of the 1950s and 1960s, this brilliant collection remixes classic social narratives such as Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and The Arabian Nights, through an edgy, contemporary, yet spiritually centered lens. In The Eightfold Path, our destinies lie in heeding the lessons given in every one of these entrancing tales"--Publisher website. 650 4 $a Graphic novel. 650 0 $a Pilgrims and pilgrimages $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Enlightenment (Buddhism) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Eightfold Path $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fate and fatalism $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Afrofuturist comics. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Science fiction comics. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Parables. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Johnson, Charles, $d 1948- $e author. 700 1 $a Moss, Bryan Christopher $c (Painter), $e illustrator. 941 $a 4 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20240702031258.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033203.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630012811.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220426010124.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2A8DADCAC52611EC906460AF4BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search