{"product_id":"the-venging-stories-9781497637832","title":"The Venging: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eHailed by readers and critics alike, \u003ci\u003eThe Venging\u003c\/i\u003e has been described as an \"excellent collection\" and its author praised as \"one of the freshest writers to break into the science fiction field in many a year.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first published collection of short stories by one of the foremost voices in science fiction today. This significant volume contains many characters and situations that later evolved into their own novels. \"Mandala\" features technologically perfect cities that eject their sinful human occupants, a premise that can be found at the root of Bear's later novel, Strength of Stones. In \"Hardfought,\" Bear brilliantly handles the classic science fiction dilemma of human communication with aliens. Other stories include \"The Wind From a Burning Woman\" in which a woman holds the world hostage by controlling a giant asteroid; \"Scattershot,\" in which the inhabitants of many universes meet in an undefined limbo space; and the Nebula Award finalist \"Petra,\" a story of a world where chaos rules, stone moves, and the mind controls reality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Science \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497637832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Greg Bear","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599673626805,"sku":"9781497637832","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d67311fe-94e1-49d2-bfb5-a01d9ffe443c.jpg?v=1673999827","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-venging-stories-9781497637832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}