Dystopian
The ballad of Halo Jones
1987·202 pages
A groundbreaking sci-fi tale of Halo Jones, a girl seeking escape from a vivid, oppressive future world.
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A groundbreaking sci-fi tale of Halo Jones, a girl seeking escape from a vivid, oppressive future world.
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By the most successful comics writer of the past twenty-five years, Alan Moore, comes a celebrated but little seen graphic novel with one of his most memorable characters. Halo Jones is an ordinary, idealistic young woman living on The Hoop, a poverty-stricken housing project tethered off the point of Manhattan. Desperate for a better life, she escapes - and finds an extraordinary universe waiting for her as she goes from star-cruiser stewardess to frontline soldier...
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Sexual content
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Characters portrayed as sexual beings; intimate/sensual beats including a notable Halo–Toby turn
Violence & gore
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Crime and riots on the Hoop; deaths; frontline war combat with on-page killing
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Satirical youth cult (Different Drummers) with behavioral implants
Magic & witchcraft
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Not present
Occult / demonology
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Not present
Political content
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Central feminist dystopia; class, poverty, war, and social satire drive the story
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Systemic poverty and oppression; wartime hardship; friend death; sexual tensions
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