- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (Mar 15 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811840271
- ISBN-13: 978-0811840279
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,116,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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""Drescher dazzles with his craft and creativity."
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Aimed at design and illustration aficionados but also at browsers looking for something entirely different, Postal Seance contains a collection of ingeniously illustrated letters to famous people--all of them deceased--sent through the mail. Each spread shows the decorative letters and, when available, evidence of the long journeys they took, from international postmarks to the final "return to sender" stamp. The result is an unusual and humorous look into the workings of the postal service. Production features such as fold-outs, stamps and a large fold-out map are integral to this book's concept.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
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My new best friend, Sep 10 2005
By SunshinePup - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Postal Seance: A Scientific Investigation Into the Possibility of a Postlife Postal Existence (Paperback)
This book is delightful. It makes me so happy, i carry it around with me and show it to all my friends and i sleep with it next to my bed. Drescher's take on the universe of life and death is refreshingly magical, upbeat, and FUN. The art is gorgeous; the text, tho minimal, is a kick in the pants to read; the layout and construction of the book are inspiring. I recommend it to anyone who thinks about the four-way-stop intersection of life/death/frivolity/art, who is interested in mail art or any art, or anyone who just loves a good solid thoughtful laugh.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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An odd, fun visually embellished collection evolves, Nov 5 2004
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Postal Seance: A Scientific Investigation Into the Possibility of a Postlife Postal Existence (Paperback)
Presented in the visual postcard style of Griffin And Sabine, Postal Seance: A Scientific Investigation Into The Possibility Of A Postlife Postal Existence is a fun hypothesis where author/illustrator Henrik Drescher wonders about the ability of inhabitants of the afterworld to receive letters using earthly mailboxes as portals. His experiment here: to address correspondence to the dead: his intention, to chronicle the efforts to contact made by James Joyce, Bucky Fuller, and others. An odd, fun visually embellished collection evolves.
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Not that funny, Aug 31 2011
By A. Blaney "minimum wage faerie" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Postal Seance: A Scientific Investigation Into the Possibility of a Postlife Postal Existence (Paperback)
The booklet is pictures of postcards mailed to the deceased, sans address. I'm not surprised they hit the circular file instead of being returned. The art is awful. The description was much funnier than the book turned out to be.
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