{"product_id":"paingod-and-other-delusions","title":"Paingod and Other Delusions","description":"Robert Heinlein says, \"This book is raw corn liquor--you should serve a whiskbroom with each shot so the customer can brush the sawdust off after he gets up from the floor.\" Perhaps a mooring cable might also be added as necessary equipment for reading these eight wonderful stories: They not only knock you down...they raise you to the stars. Passion is the keynote as you encounter the Harlequin and his nemesis, the dreaded Tictockman, in one of the most reprinted and widely taught stories in the English language; a pyretic who creates fire merely by willing it; the last surgeon in a world of robot physicians; a spaceship filled with hideous mutants rejected by the world that gave them birth. Touching and gentle and shocking stories from an incomparable master of impossible dreams and troubling truths. \"Harlan Ellison is the dark prince of American letters, cutting through our corrupted midnight fog with a switchblade prose. He simply must be read.\" --Pete Hamill \"Ellison writes with sensitivity as well as guts--a rare combination.\" --Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0759299994\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0759299994.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ellison, Harlan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310510538813,"sku":"BVV.0759299994.A","price":79.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0759299994-0.jpg?v=1782854855","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/paingod-and-other-delusions","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}