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Les Cités obscures Series

13 primary works • 21 total works
Les Cités obscures (literally The Obscure Cities, but published in English as Cities of the Fantastic) is a graphic novel series set on a Counter-Earth, started by the Belgian comics artist François Schuiten and his friend, writer Benoît Peeters in the early 1980s. In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has d…

Book 1

Les murailles de Samaris
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3.94 · 1070 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 1983 · 26 editions
Que se passe-t-il au juste à Samaris ? C’est pour …

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    Book 2

    Fever in Urbicand
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    4.14     · 841 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 1984 · 30 editions
    Eugen Robick designs the perfect city until a fore…

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    Book 3

    La Tour
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    4.16     · 640 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1987 · 19 editions
    Solitaire dans un titanesque édifice qui ne semble…

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    Book 4

    La route d'Armilia
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    3.53     · 233 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1987 · 12 editions
    French

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    Book 5

    Brüsel
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    3.75     · 590 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1992 · 23 editions
    Mr. Abeels runs a flower shop about to enter imagi…

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    Book 6

    The Leaning Girl
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    3.95     · 669 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 1996 · 25 editions
    After a freak accident on the Star Express roller …

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    Book 7

    L'Ombre d'un homme
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    3.89     · 343 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1999 · 16 editions
    Dans la belle et élégante cité de Brentano, l’agen…

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    Book 8

    The Invisible Frontier, Volume 1
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    3.85     · 350 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2002 · 14 editions
    Shortly after arriving in the Center for Cartograp…

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    Book 9

    The Invisible Frontier, Volume 2
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    3.67     · 166 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2004 · 6 editions
    Roland, who has gone up the ranks quickly at the C…

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    Book 8-9

    The Invisible Frontier
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    3.83     · 99 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2012 · 5 editions
    Uncover the strange magic of The Obscure Cities an…

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    Book 10

    A Teoria do Grão de Areia - Tomo 1
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    3.99     · 95 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
    Brusel, 21 de Julho de 784. Constant Abeels colecc…

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    Book 11

    La théorie du grain de sable, tome #2
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    4.15     · 92 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
    Le deuxième tome de LA THÉORIE DU GRAIN DE SABLE d…

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    Book 10-11

    The Theory of the Grain of Sand
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    3.96     · 370 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2009 · 14 editions
    Gholam Mortiza Khan comes to Brusel to sell some j…

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    Book 12

    Souvenirs de l'éternel présent
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    3.60     · 100 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1993 · 6 editions
    Aim, un enfant d'une dizaine d'annes au crne ras, …

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    Book 13

    Le retour du Capitaine Nemo
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    3.81     · 150 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2023 · 8 editions
    Un être hybride émerge des eaux. À la fois créatur…

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    L'archiviste
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    3.93     · 314 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1987 · 19 editions
    French

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    Encyclopédie des transports présents et à venir
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    3.00     · 3 Ratings · published 1988 · 2 editions
    French

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    Book HS6

    L'Echo des cités
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    3.84     · 68 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1993 · 9 editions
    Published in 2001. Excellent condition. Customer s…

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    Book HS8

    Mary la penchée
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    3.64     · 36 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1995 · 3 editions

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    Book HS9

    Le guide des cités
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    4.13     · 68 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
    Un guide ? Oui, un véritable guide de voyage, avec…

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    Book HS11

    L'affaire Desombres
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    4.14     · 14 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    Augustin Desombres fut-il un peintre pompier parmi…

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