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This is a unique feat of narratology, deployed upon an impressive repertoire of contemporary media culture. There simply is no other book that so thoroughly and precisely develops the concept of transmediality. -Susana P. Tosca, coauthor of Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction -- Susana P. Tosca The adage that `narrative is everywhere' has always been in need of a theoretical frame and method for analysis, and Thon's carefully argued and well-researched book takes an important step toward such a genuinely transmedial narratology. -Karin Kukkonen, author of Contemporary Comics Storytelling -- Karin Kukkonen This book is a sustained and utterly convincing demonstration of transmedial narrative theory's ability to address the construction of twenty-first-century storyworlds in films, comics, and video games. -Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling -- Jared Gardner The work is a meticulous survey of media and narratological scholarship, and one which seems a strong foundation upon which to establish future `building blocks' of the transmedial narratology project. -Fiona Farnsworth, ImageTexT -- Fiona Farnsworth * ImageText * An extremely valuable contribution to the efforts of achieving a truly transmedial perspective without losing sight of the media-specific aspects of texts. -Sarah E. Beyvers, KULT Online -- Sarah E. Beyvers * KULT Online * Thon successfully fills the gap of a foundation for transmedial narratology that is remarkable as much for its precise critical re-examination of established narratological terms and concepts as for its own clear terminology and conceptualizations that provide fertile ground for future research. -Michelle Herte, European Comic Art -- Michelle Herte * European Comic Art * A cutting-edge contribution to transmedial narratology. . . . A highly recommended book and a solid foundation for further development in its field/s. -Jan Horstmann, Style -- Jan Horstmann * Style * An excellent contribution to transmedial narratology. -Hans-Joachim Backe, Diegesis: Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research -- Hans-Joachim Backe * Diegesis: Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research * Thorough, well-grounded in prominent theory, and useful for scholars of contemporary media and narrative theory. -Erica McCrystal, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics -- Erica McCrystal * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *

This is a unique feat of narratology, deployed upon an impressive repertoire of contemporary media culture. There simply is no other book that so thoroughly and precisely develops the concept of transmediality. -Susana P. Tosca, coauthor of Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction -- Susana P. Tosca Remarkably well informed and thoroughly researched, precise in any criticisms, and elegantly moving through a tremendous amount of work on the various topics, this is an important book for narrative theory and media studies alike. -Daniel Punday, author of Writing at the Limit: The Novel in the New Media Ecology -- Daniel Punday This book is a sustained and utterly convincing demonstration of transmedial narrative theory's ability to address the construction of twenty-first-century storyworlds in films, comics, and video games. -Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling -- Jared Gardner

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Jan-Noël Thon is an assistant professor in media studies and digital media culture at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the coeditor of a number of books on narrative and media studies, including Storyworlds across Media: Toward a Media-Conscious Narratology (Nebraska, 2014) and Subjectivity across Media: Interdisciplinary and Transmedial Perspectives.  

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