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The Silver Cord Hardcover – February 17, 2015

by Kevin Kelly (Creator), Steve Masseroni (Illustrator)
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Financed by fans, this huge graphic novel is the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl. Set in a unique and original world filled with both angels and robots, her story is a page-turning techno-epic that recounts the clash between self-conscious robots and a million different species of angels. While pure cinematic fantasy, the story anticipates the real issue of whether machines can have souls and will wow graphic novel fans in search of new heroes and new worlds. This spectacular, oversized, lusciously printed 464-page graphic novel combines the two worlds of high-technology and deep spirituality. The book was financed by the robust fans of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
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    464 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Cool Tools Lab
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    February 17, 2015
  5. Reading age
    13 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    8.5 x 1.16 x 13.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1940689015
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1940689012
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“The Silver Cord is amazing. I am astonished and really, really impressed. I love it. And I’ve read every comic on the planet since I was a kid.” — James Altucher, Bestselling Author

“The Silver Cord is an astonishing book at every level; the story, the graphics, and the production. Kevin Kelly’s creation of a new vision of the realms of angels, humans and their intersection is truly original and even grabbed a hard core atheist like me. These are not angels like any we have known in our biblical fairy tales both in substance and form. And what they want from us forced me to appreciate my life anew. Nearly every panel is beautiful and merits focused attention. Some are spectacular including the amazing foldout. The physical production of the book is at the same level as the content. The volume is massive but feels wonderful to hold and slowly peruse. I can’t wait for volume 3.” — Peter Schwartz, Futurist

"Great stuff guys!...It looks fantastic."
— Ralph Winter, Film Producer, Star Trek III, X-Men, X2, The Wolverine

"Really enjoying the Silver Cord. Gorgeous art. Challenging ideas about the origin of consciousness and the relationships between dimensions: the bi-directional tunnel of light. Compelling story. Local SF color. An engaging protagonist. Powerful reminiscence about my own near-death experience. Groundbreaking direct author/artist support. Can't put Silver Cord down!?"
— Alan Greene, MD, Clinical Professor, Stanford University

"The Silver Cord is an enjoyable and thought-provoking graphic novel about a war between humans, angels, and robots with human-like intelligence. I've never read anything like it before..."
— Mark Frauenfelder, BOING BOING

" Amazing art and story…."
— Irv Klauschus, The JESUS FILM project

About the Author

Wired magazine cofounder Kevin Kelly joins screenwriter Casey McCabe and comic book veteran Steve Masseroni to lead this project. The rest of the 20-person team was assembled from writers and artists drawn from Pixar and Lucasfilm, as well as new rising talent from the comics world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cool Tools Lab (February 17, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1940689015
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1940689012
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.16 x 13.25 inches
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers’ Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. His books include the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy, the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control, a graphic novel about robots and angels, The Silver Cord, an oversize catalog of the best of Cool Tools, and his summary theory of technology in What Technology Wants (2010). His new book for Viking/Penguin is The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

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Ashley Abdul
5.0 out of 5 stars Really Good!
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2015
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First, I must say that this book would get 5 stars on the graphics alone - positively brilliant. I really enjoyed the story, very creative and different than anything I've ever read before. My 6 and 7 year old kids loved it as well. I totally recommend Silver Cord!
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Steve Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh and beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2015
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Beautiful artwork, compelling story, and fresh ideas. I really enjoyed this graphic novel. It kept my attention and kept me guessing. The author sets up a sequel and I would like to read more of the story.
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Kirsten Joy Weiss
1.0 out of 5 stars Bait and switch!
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
I was excited to explore this work, which sounded like a great story and from the front and back cover - beautiful artwork. NOPE. Nothing like what's advertised.

There's a reason why they dont allow a sneak peak into the graphic novel! The great artwork on the front and back cover is never seen again within the book. Instead we get *okay* comic book art with mostly negative emotions and painful expressions depicted even when the scene is not anguish. I couldn't find one positive looking expression or beauty. Most of it was just anguish and gore. This is not a horror novel. There are depictions of certain natural acts and other things, always in the light of heavy, dark, anguished artwork.

If you like that kind of thing, than maybe this is for you. But it feels more like the artist was mired in his own dark place, and this book gives a VERY HEAVY almost... well... it gives a gross sinking feeling.

The artwork on the front and back cover is nice tho. lol
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Cynthia Fua
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is just amazing. The quality and the color is spectacular
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2015
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This book is just amazing. The quality and the color is spectacular. I couldn't stop reading the first night and finished in 1 week.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2016
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I don't reminder ordering this book. I wonder where I put it?
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James R. Briggs
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2016
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Great book. Beautiful artwork. The story is interesting and mixes genres fairly effectively.
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John Flatley
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2016
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Just dissappointed.....not the KK I thought it would be.
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Well presented and enjoyable read.
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Huge but easy to read volume. Both the artwork and narrative are excellent.
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Liam Kavanagh
5.0 out of 5 stars Class
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Unreal book. Class drawings and cool storyline.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Novel
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