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Zamonia: Book 1
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"A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen and a half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest," says the narrator of Walter Moers’s epic adventure. "What about the Minipirates? What about the Hobgoblins, the Spiderwitch, the Babbling Billows, the Troglotroll, the... read more
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The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear follows the adventures of the character Bluebear in the first half of his 27 lives. The novel intersperses Bluebear’s narrative with excerpts from The Encyclopedia of Marvels, Life Forms and Other Phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs by Professor Abdullah... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Blue Bear: The main character. A blue bear who goes through 13 and a half different stages of his life.
- Muggs: Add a description of this character.
- Volzotan Smyke
- Chemluth
- Baldwyn
- Nussram Fhakir
- Fredda
- Olsen
- Singh
- Wolpertinger
- Mac
- Nightingale
- Slagoud
- Olgort
- Phonzotar
Quotes edit
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“Life is too precious to be left to chance”
Captain Bluebear -
“These voluptuously self-indulgent compositions of mine verged on kitsch, I must confess, but the material was just too tempting.”
Captain Bluebear
Setting & Locations edit
- Zamonia: The continent where the story is set.
- Atlantis: An extremley multicultural and beauracratic city.
- Moloch
- Bollogg
- Mountain Maggot
- Tornado City
- Anagrom Ataf
- Megathon
- Troglotroll
- Nairland
- Gourmetica
- Spiderwitch
- Great Forest
- Fata Morgana
- Demerara Desert
- Infurno
- Hobgoblin Island
- Gloomberg Mountains
- Gourmet Island
- 2364th Dimension
- The discarded head of a Megabollogg giant
First Sentence edit
A bluebear has twenty seven lives.
Table of Contents edit
1.) My Life as a Minipirate
2.) My Life with the Hobogoblins
3.) My Life on the Run
4.) My life on Gourmet Island
5.) My Life as a Navigator
6.) My Life in the Gloomberg Mountains
7.) My Life in the Great Forest
8.) My Life in the Dimensional Hiatus
9.) My Life in the Demerara Desert
10.) My Life in Tornado City
11.) My Life in the Bollogg's Head
12.) My Life in Atlantis
13.) My Life aboard the SS Moloch
14.) My Half life at peace
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in Zamonia. (standard series)
Followed by Ensel und Krete. Ein Märchen aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz..
Authors & Contributors edit
- Walter Moers (Author)
- Walter Moers (Illustrator)
Other Contributors:
- John Brownjohn (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Goldmann Verlag
Country: Germany
Publication Date: March 2001
ISBN: 9783442416561
Page Count: 704
Publisher: Goldmann Verlag
Country: Germany
Publication Date: March 2001
ISBN: 9783442416561
Page Count: 704
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 833.92
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