The Surrogates Operator's Manual: Special Hardcover Ed Volume 1 & Volume 2 [Hardcover]

Robert Venditti (Author), Brett Weldele (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 29, 2009

The year is 2054, and life is reduced to a data feed. The fusing of virtual reality and cybernetics has ushered in the era of the personal surrogate, android substitutes that let users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes. It's a perfect world, and it's up to Detectives Harvey Greer and Pete Ford of the Metro Police Department to keep it that way. But to do so they'll need to stop a techno-terrorist bent on returning society to a time when people lived their lives instead of merely experiencing them. Designed to complement the upcoming, feature-length movie, The Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and slated for release September 25th, 2009 from Touchstone Pictures, this special hardcover edition features both volume one and volume two of The Surrogates graphic novel series in one deluxe hardcover limited edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Top Shelf Productions; Special edition (July 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603090452
• ISBN-13: 978-1603090452
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,376,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not worth it. Buy the two trade paperbacks instead., September 29, 2009

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Steven R. Smetzer (Bowling Green, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Surrogates Operator's Manual: Special Hardcover Ed Volume 1 & Volume 2 (Hardcover)

Bottom line:

Story: Good
Art: Mediocre

Hardcover version overall: mediocre. This is possibly the cheapest hardcover special edition graphic novel I've ever purchased. It doesn't even come with a slip cover. With a suggested retail price of $75, it should have been a much nicer book. In my opinion, this version should have been priced at $30. Buyer beware.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a beaut!, September 14, 2009

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Shawn A. Conner (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Surrogates Operator's Manual: Special Hardcover Ed Volume 1 & Volume 2 (Hardcover)

We just gave a copy of this rather great-looking graphic novel on our site. Weldele's art is a scratchy treat and Venditti's story is gritty sci-fi noir (it's a cliche to evoke the name of Philip K. Dick, but in this case it's kind of unavoidable). Intrigued to see if the movie measures up.