{"product_id":"9780486818672","title":"Armageddon--2419 A.D. and The Airlords of Han","description":"Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. The swashbuckling character who ultimately became world-famous as Buck Rogers made his debut in the 1920s in these two tales from the legendary pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eAmazing Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e The intrepid voyager, who emerged from a state of suspended animation into the twenty-fifth century, became a star of movies, radio, television, and video games and inspired a host of imitators. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmageddon — 2419\u003c\/i\u003e A.D introduces World War I veteran Anthony Rogers and the peculiar circumstances under which he awakens, like Rip Van Winkle, to a strange new world. North America has been overrun by invaders from the East who imposed their own civilization, condemning the natives to a furtive existence in the forests and hills. Rogers encounters a rebel unit of Americans and readily joins their attempts to rebuild their society, using his wartime experience to help mount a revolt against their oppressors. This futuristic fantasy — accompanied by its sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Airlords of Han \u003c\/i\u003e— offers rollicking adventures and remarkably prescient predictions of later technological advances.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083222925552,"sku":"9780486818672","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486818672_p0.jpg?v=1763709585","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486818672","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}