{"product_id":"forced-perspectives-volume-2-9781982124403","title":"Forced Perspectives, Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eA BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF HAUNTED LOS ANGELES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy did Cecil B. DeMille \u003c\/i\u003ereally\u003ci\u003e bury the Pharaoh's Palace set after he filmed \u003c\/i\u003eThe Ten Commandments \u003ci\u003ein 1923?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fugitives Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine find themselves plunged into the supernatural secrets of Los Angeles -- from Satanic indie movies of the '60s, to the unqiet La Brea Tar Pits at midnight, to the haunted Sunken City off the coast of San Pedro . . . pursued by a Silicon Valley guru who is determined to incorporate their souls into the creation of a new and predatory World God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eForced Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One book I've been hugely excited about is Tim Powers's latest, \u003ci\u003eForced Perspectives, \u003c\/i\u003e set in the magical underbelly of modern-day Los Angeles. Powers may be the master of the secret history novel (and one of the originators of steampunk), but his recent work has really explored the history and magic of Tinseltown in a way no one else can.\" --Lavie Tindhar, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \". . . playfully blends Egyptian mythology, alternate Los Angeles history, and modern technology. . . . A cast of unusual side characters. . .add color and complexity. This labyrinthine tale of the bizarre and fantastic will grip urban fantasy enthusiasts until the end.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The combination of the occult, Egyptian mythology, and old Hollywood is mesmerizing, entertaining, and at times terrifying . . . fast-paced, engaging, and quirky urban fantasy.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"...moves at jet speed, along unpredictable paths, and resolves in a fully gratifying melee involving almost every major character, living or dead.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout prequel, \u003ci\u003eAlternate Routes\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Powers continues his run of smashing expectations and then playing with the pieces in this entertaining urban fantasy. . . . This calculated, frenetic novel ends with hope for redemption born from chaos. Powers' work is recommended for urban fantasy fans who enjoy more than a dash of the bizarre.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAlternate Routes \u003c\/i\u003eis both a thrilling mash-up of science fiction, fantasy, and horror and a work of startling moral sophistication. The horror packs a wallop, and there's as much in the way of suspense and tension as the reader can bear. Powers takes us on one hell of a ride.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Tim Powers: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Powers writes in a clean, elegant style that illuminates without slowing down the tale. . . .  He] promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all.\"--Orson Scott Card \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Other writers tell tales of magic in the twentieth century, but no one does it like Powers.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \". . . immensely clever stuff. . . . Powers' prose is often vivid and arresting . . . All in all, Powers' unique voice in science fiction continues to grow stronger.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powers is at heart a storyteller, and ruthlessly shapes his material into narrative form.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eOn Stranger Tides \u003c\/i\u003e. . . immediately hooks you and drags you along in sympathy with one central character's appalling misfortunes on the Spanish Main,  and] escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded.\"--David Langford \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eOn Stranger Tides\u003c\/i\u003e . . . was the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eMonkey Island\u003c\/i\u003e. If you read this book you can really see where Guybrush and LeChuck were -plagiarized- derived from, plus the heavy influence of voodoo in the game. . . .  The book] had a lot of what made fantasy interesting . . .\"--legendary game designer Ron Gilbert \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powers's strengths  are] his originality, his action-crammed plots, and his ventures into the mysterious, dark, and supernatural.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Powers' work delivers] an intense and intimate sense of period or realization of milieu; taut plotting, with human development and destiny . . . and, looming above all, an awareness of history itself as a merciless turning of supernatural wheels. . . . Powers' descriptions . . . are breathtaking, sublimely precise . . . his status as one of fantasy's major stylists can no longer be in doubt.\"--\u003ci\u003eSF Site\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003ePowers creates a mystical, magical otherworld superimposed on our own and takes us on a marvelous, guided tour of his vision.\"--\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The fantasy novels of Tim Powers are nothing if not ambitious. . . . Meticulously researched and intellectually adventurous, his novels rarely fail to be strange and wholly original.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982124403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tim Powers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400739868853,"sku":"9781982124403","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9c8d7e28-d5d2-4d3d-9f81-af1d4cc6a11a.jpg?v=1612165722","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/forced-perspectives-volume-2-9781982124403","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}