{"product_id":"9781466891227","title":"Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom: A Novel of Retropolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROCKETS. ROBOTS. DEATH RAYS. MAD SCIENCE. THE FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS IS BACK. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf Fritz Lang’s \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e somehow mated with \u003ci\u003eFuturama\u003c\/i\u003e, their mutant offspring might well be \u003ci\u003eSlaves of the Switchboard of Doom. \u003c\/i\u003eInspired by the future imagined in the 1939 World Fair, this hilarious, beautifully illustrated adventure by writer and artist Bradley W. Schenck is utterly unlike anything else in science fiction: a gonzo, totally bonkers, gut-busting look at the World of Tomorrow, populated with dashing, bubble-helmeted heroes, faithful robot sidekicks, mad scientists, plucky rocket engineers, sassy switchboard operators, space pirates, and much, much more—enhanced throughout by two dozen astonishing illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a surprise efficiency review, the switchboard operators of Retropolis are replaced by a mysterious system beyond their comprehension. Dash Kent, freelance adventurer and apartment manager, is hired to get to the bottom of it, and discovers that the replacement switchboard is only one element of a plan concocted by an insane civil engineer: a plan so vast that it reaches from Retropolis to the Moon. And no one—not the Space Patrol, nor the Fraternal League of Robotic Persons, nor the mad scientists of Experimental Research District, nor even the priests of the Temple of the Spider God, will know what hit them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130111836400,"sku":"9781466891227","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466891227_p0.jpg?v=1769892271","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466891227","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}