Monkey! - Vol. 1 - Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven / Monkey Turns Nursemaid / The Great Journey Begins

In 'Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven' King Monkey is summoned to Heaven, 'Monkey Turns Nursemaid' sees Buddha send a holy man from China to India and in 'The Great Journey Begins' Tripitaka and Monkey beginning their perilous journey.

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Monkey! - Vol. 2 - Monkey Swallows The Universe / The Power Of Youth / Even Monsters Can Be People

In 'Monkey Swallows The Universe' Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka and the horse enter a land ruled by the Golden Horn and his wife, Silver Horn. 'The Power Of Youth' sees the King Of Youth dictating that everything old is useless and 'Even Monsters Can be People' sees Monkey killing a girl and her elderly parents.

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Monkey! - Vol. 3 - The Beginning Of Wisdom / Pigsy Woos A Widow / What Monkey Calls The Dog Woman

In 'The Beginning Of Wisdom' the local water monster has caused a drought because the villagers have run out of sacrificial boys... 'Pigsy Woos A Widow' sees Monkey save a pretty widow, with whom Pigsy falls in love. In 'What Monkey Calls The Dog-Woman' Lord Li's stepdaughter is kidnapped by bandits and Monkey sets out to catch them...

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Monkey! - Vol. 4 - Pigsy`s In The Well / The Difference Between Night And Day / Pearls Before Swine

In 'Pigsy's In The Well', Tripitaka sets out on a hunt for a magician who has been impersonating the King of the land of Cockcrow, after he murdered him. 'The Difference Between Night And Day' sees Tripitaka undertaking the job of reuniting the land of Day with the land of Night... In 'Pearls Before Swine', Monkey hatchs a plan to help the people of Codslow.

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Monkey! - Vol. 5 - The Minx And The Slug / Catfish, Saint And The Shape Changer / Monkey Meets The Demon Digger (Dubbed)

In 'The Minx And The Slug' Pigsy goes in search of Hai-Min who has been missing for a year, 'Catfish, Saint And The Shape Changer' sees the pilgrims enter a volcanic land which is troubled by earthquakes and in 'Monkey Meets The Diamond Digger' the pilgrims discover a man who has been digging for twenty-two years.

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Monkey! - Vol. 6 - The Most Monstrous Monster / Truth And The Grey Gloves Devil / Land For The Locusts (Dubbed)

In 'The Most Monstrous Monster' the King of the Unicorns captures Tripitaka and uses his magic ring, 'Truth And The Great Gloves Devil' sees the pilgrims find a village where everyone has been killed and 'Land For The Locusts' sees the pilgrims and Monkey come to the aid of a village plagued by a swarm of locusts led by Demon Queen Grasshopper.

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Monkey! - Vol. 7 - Vampire Master / Outrageous Coincidence / Pigsy, King And God (Dubbed)

In 'Vampire Master' Tripitaka and his disciples are invited to stay with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Buddha's Law, 'Outrageous Coincidences' sees Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka escape a blizzard by taking refuge in a cave and 'Pigsy, King And God' sees Pigsy hailed as a King and God of the Kingdom of the Red Hog.

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Monkey! - Vol. 8 - Village Of The Undead / Two Little Blessings / The Fires Of Jealousy (Dubbed)

In 'Village Of The Undead' the evil demon Wun-Lung plans to capture Tripitaka, 'Two Little Blessings' sees Pigsy and Sandy becomes pregnant!... and 'The Fires Of Jealousy' sees the pilgrims enter the Kingdom of Lo-chun and prevented from going any further by the volcanoes in the Fire and Flame mountains.

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Monkey! - Vol. 9 - The Country Of Nightmares / The End Of The Way / Pigsy`s Ten Thousand Ladies (Dubbed)

In 'The Country of Nightmares' the pilgrims pass through the Land of Nightmares and are tested by the King of Bad Dreams... Tripitaka looks done for in 'The End of the Way' when the King of All Geological Ages captures him...  In 'Pigsy's Ten Thousand Ladies' lightning strikes the horse and turns it into a human, Yu-Lung, after Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy are at the point of abandoning the pilgrimage.

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Get the book!

The book, Monkey - the translation of Journey to the West by Arthur Waley is available to buy through this link (readers' reviews are also available). Orders for this book are fielded through Amazon, so secure ordering is assured and deliveries can be arranged to all countries. Click here to go to the appropriate page at Amazon.co.uk, or use the picture of the book to the right.

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New version now in print!

As the reviews at Amazon.co.uk will testify, the book remains extremely popular and hence this new edition has been published. Click here to go to the appropriate page at Amazon.co.uk, or use the picture of the book to the right.

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Our favourite non-Monkey book of the moment is.....

Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell This chronical of life working for an American ISP is packed full of smart cartoons (can be likened to Dilbert) and witty observations and will fit seemlessly in any techies collection of "in a nutshell books". (Amazon)