{"product_id":"the-silver-metal-lover-9780553581270","title":"The Silver Metal Lover","description":"\u003cb\u003eTanith Lee is one of the most thought-provoking and imaginative authors of our time. In this unforgettably poignant novel, Lee has created a classic tale--a beautiful, tragic, sensual, and ultimately triumphant love story of the future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove is made of more than mere flesh and blood. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor sixteen-year-old Jane, life is a mystery she despairs of ever mastering. She and her friends are the idle, pampered children of the privileged class, living in luxury on an Earth remade by natural disaster. Until Jane's life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a robot minstrel with auburn hair and silver skin, whose songs ignite in her a desperate and inexplicable passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane is certain that Silver is more than just a machine built to please. And she will give up everything to prove it. So she escapes into the city's violent, decaying slums to embrace a love bordering on madness. Or is it something more? Has Jane glimpsed in Silver something no one else has dared to see--not even the robot or his creators? A love so perfect it must be destroyed, for no human could ever compete?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Worlds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553581270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.04w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Paperback Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1999 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tanith Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838742462645,"sku":"9780553581270","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e270ea1c-887f-45dd-a17e-3259e2e5e9ff.jpg?v=1712029145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-silver-metal-lover-9780553581270","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}