{"product_id":"modem-times-20-9781604863086","title":"Modem Times 2.0","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the editor of London's revolutionary \u003cem\u003eNew Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in the swinging sixties, Michael Moorcock has been credited with virtually inventing modern Science Fiction: publishing such figures as Norman Spinrad, Samuel R. Delany, Brian Aldiss and J.G. Ballard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoorcock's own literary accomplishments include his classic \u003cem\u003eMother London\u003c\/em\u003e, a romp through urban history conducted by psychic outsiders; his comic \u003cem\u003ePyat\u003c\/em\u003e quartet, in which a Jewish antisemite examines the roots of the Nazi Holocaust; \u003cem\u003eBehold The Man\u003c\/em\u003e, the tale of a time tourist who fills in for Christ on the cross; and of course the eternal hero \u003cem\u003eElric\u003c\/em\u003e, swordswinger, hellbringer and bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd now Moorcock's most audacious creation, Jerry Cornelius--assassin, rock star, chronospy and maybe-Messiah--is back in \u003cem\u003eModem Times 2.0\u003c\/em\u003e, a time-twisting odyssey that connects 60s London with post-Obama America, with stops in Palm Springs and Guantanamo. \u003cem\u003eModem Times 2.0\u003c\/em\u003e is Moorcock at his most outrageously readable--a masterful mix of erudition and subversion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlus: \u003c\/em\u003e The non-fiction essay \"My Londons\" and an Outspoken Interview with literature's authentic \u003cem\u003eLord of Misrule\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604863086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.80w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Moorcock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072254242997,"sku":"9781604863086","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_914fd08f-746c-443a-be52-d43cad1e552a.jpg?v=1764688224","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/modem-times-20-9781604863086","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}