{"product_id":"9780889953895","title":"The Commons","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes the story \u003ci\u003eThe Helper and His Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, nominated for a Nebula Award - Best Novella, 2007 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years now, 40,000 readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e have been reveling in the adventures of Matt Hughes's Guth Bandar, the hero of this novel. Hughes is one of the top voices in modern SF, and this book has a huge audience waiting for it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 100,000 years, Old Earth's Institute for Historical Inquiry has mapped the collective unconscious of the human race. They have encountered all the archetypal figures - the Wise Man and the Fool, the Destroyer and the Redeemer - the \"usual suspects\" that populate the myths and legends at the back of the human mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now young Guth Bandar suspects the collective unconscious has become aware of itself. Worse, it has an agenda. And worst of all, it can force Bandar to go deep into the darkest forests of the mind, where the only escape from madness is death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Deer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032747000048,"sku":"9780889953895","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889953895_p0.jpg?v=1763867150","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889953895","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}