{"product_id":"slan-9780312852368","title":"Slan","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, the Golden Age of science fiction flowered in the magazine \u003ci\u003eAstounding.\u003c\/i\u003e Editor John W. Campbell, Jr., discovered and promoted great new writers such as A.E. van Vogt, whose novel \u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the works of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan mutant outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, or slans. Throughout the forties and into the fifties, \u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e was considered the single most important SF novel, the one great book that everyone had to read. Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition has a new introduction by Kevin J. Anderson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orb Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312852368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1998 pg. 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2007 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. E. Van Vogt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635948318876,"sku":"9780312852368","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_35d3307d-68dd-4bec-931b-85908dc1afb1.jpg?v=1603840969","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/slan-9780312852368","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}