{"product_id":"9780982667132","title":"The Gnoll Credo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We are born and we die.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one cares, no one remembers,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand it doesn't matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is why we laugh.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no such things as gnolls, they never kill and eat people, and they can't read or write -- much less write something so stark, so raw, so beautifully bleak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause if there were, someone might have risked a violent and painful death to find them, study them, and bring back this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen you might read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then you might have a joyous and bloody and terribly strange adventure, and you might find yourself laughing with the gnolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd then what?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a world in which \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e instead of Disney's \u003ci\u003ePocahontas\u003c\/i\u003e, James Tiptree, Jr. wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Dice Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and magic doesn't work any better than it does here...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...we bring you The Gnoll Credo. Sell that 'enchanted' sword and come join the hyena-people. Don't wear your good clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can read sample chapters at http:\/\/www.100wattpress.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"100 Watt Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787379974384,"sku":"9780982667132","price":14.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982667132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}