{"product_id":"9781583947562","title":"Slow Sculpture: Volume XII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon","description":"Theodore Sturgeon was a model for his friend Kurt Vonnegut’s legendary character  Kilgore Trout, and his work was an acknowledged influence on important younger writers  from Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg to Stephen King and Octavia Butler. His  work has long been deeply appreciated for its sardonic sensibility, dazzling wordplay,  conceptual brilliance, memorable characters, and unsparing treatment of social issues  such as sex, war, and marginalized members of society. Sturgeon also authored several  episodes of the original \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003eTV series and originated the Vulcan phrase “Live  long and prosper.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This twelfth volume of North Atlantic’s ambitious series reprinting  his complete short stories includes classic works such as the award-winning title  story, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1971, as well as “Case and the  Dreamer,” a well-crafted tale of an encounter with a trans-spatial being that is  also a meditation on love, and “The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff,” a creative  exploration of the human ability to achieve self-realization in response to crisis.  The book includes a new Foreword, an illuminating section of Story Notes, and a comprehensive  index for the entire series.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150476919024,"sku":"9781583947562","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583947562_p0.jpg?v=1763804828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583947562","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}