{"product_id":"9781496980816","title":"An Exercise in Causality: and other stories","description":"The twenty-four stories and sketches published here are of varying lengths and are written in varying styles. Some longer ones – Fear No More, Falls the Shadow and A Matter of Time - are straightforward SF adventure stories, set in the near future. Others – Carry Me Home and Renewal - are adventures in less conventional forms. Style of the Time is set in the past; Visiting the Millionaire in the far-distant future. There Was An Old Lady and To Where You Came From have serious messages; others – In a Name, Eradicating stegobium paniceum from pulse-based animal feeds and If There Were No If There Were No Benny Cemoli, for example – are more whimsical. Some shorter pieces like An Exercise in Causality and Six Particles in Search of an Observer are experimental in style. There is also a Ghost Story; and The Fast is a brief excursion into the Gothick. Finally there are sketches. Birth was written for performance as a short play; and Murder In Space can be adapted for staging at a murder-mystery dinner party.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130855014640,"sku":"9781496980816","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781496980816_p0.jpg?v=1763668358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781496980816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}