{"product_id":"2940013540477","title":"The City of the Living Dead [Illustrated]","description":"This story reads as a Prequel to The Matrix. And it is from 1930!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScience Wonder Stories, May, 1930\u003cbr\u003eTHE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD\u003cbr\u003eby Laurence Manning and Fletcher Pratt\u003cbr\u003eillustrated by Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Beyond the Mountain\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Man with the Metal Mask\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Adventure is Dead\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: A Drastic Experiment\u003cbr\u003eGallery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11,300 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHIS story, in our opinion, is one of the most unusual that has appeared in recent years, for it deals with a subject which is bound up with our whole existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all know that our experiences come to us through our senses; that is, the senses of hearing, sight, touch, smell, taste, etc.; and that, if these senses were removed, although we would still know we were alive, the world itself would cease to exist for us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut suppose that, instead of having our natural organs of sense, we were supplied with artificial ones, and that by the medium of a mechanical device we could experience any sensation or event that we wish. Then, you might say, we would be living in a true Utopia. However, this is not really so, and, as our authors point out so convincingly, there might be a total degeneration of our human race, and even a cessation of all life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes all of the original illustrations, as well as the Full Color Cover to Science Wonder Stories, May, 1930 that featured this story as the cover. This ebook also includes a Gallery or original ads.","brand":"Peril Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082928144624,"sku":"2940013540477","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013540477_p0.jpg?v=1763582450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013540477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}