{"product_id":"2940044586901","title":"The Ultimate Show","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ultimate Show brings together four of Vaughan Stanger's published SF and fantasy stories, this time on theme of entertainment. Each of these tales pokes a probing finger into a favourite leisure-time activity,mining them for fun and horror, sometimes simultaneously. So, if you've ever stared in bemusement at a piece of conceptual art, or been the butt of a stand-up comic's joke, or crowd-surfed during a rock concert, or maybe spent a little too much time watching sport on television, these stories will appeal to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Fulda (Nebula Award nominee and proprietor of AnthologyBuilder.com) wrote of \"Slices of Life\": \"My favorite from this batch is Stanger's Slices of Life, the poignant tale of an artist who turned his own death into a form artistic expression, and the woman whose heart got dragged along in his wake.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeredith Wiggins (in The Future Fire's review of the 'Music for Another World' anthology) wrote of \"Star in a Glass\": \"there was one (story) in particular which seemed to create a whole world through suggestion, and left me with the fervent hope that it will be expanded into a full length novel at some point. ‘Star in a Glass’ by Vaughan Stanger is the story of the re-forming of a ‘prog-metal-ballet’ band in the near future ... the details Stanger intersperses within the tantrums and trials of the band create a richly textured (if somewhat gritty) world; one which I would personally love to visit again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection also features \"Hand in Glove\", the story of a psychotic glove puppet and its virtual successor, and \"Extra Time\", a story that might just make you nervous about watching televised sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet the show begin!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vaughan Stanger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077830689008,"sku":"2940044586901","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044586901_p0.jpg?v=1769889372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044586901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}