false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg 6463595 8 6654052 book 13 10 2009 Peter & Max: A Fables Novel total:130|5:43|4:59|3:20|2:7|1:1| 130 526 360 50 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 0 true Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:22:46 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:26:06 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 16:40:57 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 16:41:21 -0800 2009
For its first non-illustrated venture, Vertigo chose to go with a novel set in the Fables universe. Good choice. I've been a fan of Willingham and co. since the first collection came out, and have been following along the whole ...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 2 0 false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 06:31:10 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 06:39:06 -0800 2009 Fables, and so I was really excited to get my hands on this, the first Fables prose novel, and I really expected to like it. But I didn't.

Based solely on this, it seems like Bill Willingham's genius is much better served by the format of comics. ...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 3 1 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:12:47 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:42:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:48:22 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 22:04:54 -0700 2009 Peter & Max is Willingham's first venture into novel format of his Eisner-winning _Fables_ set of graphic novels.

It is an outstanding piece of fiction.

One the surface, it is the story of two brothers, hunting each other across thousands of years, and several worlds.

...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 1 false Wed Oct 07 18:32:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 12:35:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 1 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 17:53:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:19:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 17:04:05 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 16:09:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:47:35 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:01:02 -0800 2009 Peter & Max. This is a re-telling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story from a different perspective, one of those “what really happened” kind of tales. F...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 3 0 false Sun Nov 22 14:01:18 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 20:29:44 -0800 2009
I also...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 3 1 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:54:33 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 11:02:25 -0700 2009
"Fables" fans are already familiar with the clever an...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:33:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:36:01 -0700 2009
Peter & Max i...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 true Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 04:26:24 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:50:09 -0800 2009 1
The story itself, I enjoyed a great deal. However, there were two flaws that are worth mentioning: Firstly, that Peter never doesn't learn from the first time he pipes danger away, that he needs to inc...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 18:10:09 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 15:21:29 -0800 2009 Let me backtrack a...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 2 0 true Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 23:00:19 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 23:00:25 -0700 2009 1
The story follows Peter Piper, who you practiced getting tongue-tied talking about. He didn’t just pick o peck of peppers he survived an invasion of a conquering army and found his way in to the reality you and I know and live. In a seclude part of upstate New York, he l...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 1 false Sun Sep 20 16:56:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 16:59:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 0 false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:25:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:30:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 5 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:22:37 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:22:37 -0800 2009
Peter inherits his family's magical flute just in time for the Emperor's invasion of the homelands. Max, his older broth...more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 3 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 04:50:34 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 08:38:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6463595 1401215734 9781401215736 127 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578700m/6463595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max 4 0 false Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 22:50:50 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 02:15:07 -0800 2009 Peter & Max is a story of brother rivalry, fairy tales, and adventure. The two brothers are Peter and Max Piper. These fairy tales are taken, used as a base, and then expanded on expertly. When the story begins, Peter is an exile (as are all folk tale figures) in current day New York. Simultaneo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6463595