{"product_id":"9781597290920","title":"Shiva and Other Stories","description":"Twenty-one tales by a mythologist for the new millennium, SHIVA AND OTHER  STORIES brings together some of Malzberg's finest work from the 80s and the  90s for the first time, including many stories featured in major Year's Best  anthologies. From pragmatists like Huey \"Kingfish\" Long, who plays human  nature like a pat-hand of cards to win the presidency and then deal with a  punk named Adolf Hitler, to soulless bureaucrats, to a long parade of  recalcitrant dreamers who tragically attempt to impose fantasy on unyielding  reality, Malzberg shows that neither super-science nor djinni magic can  prevail against human folly. At the same time, he's very funny. A time  traveler must confront the crimes he may have committed against himself. A  moralist puts his indignation ahead of his survival instinct, again, and  again, and again; a detective investigates the murder of the 20th Century  itself. This is a wry and brilliant collection by one of the greatest social  critics in science fiction.  ","brand":"Electricstory.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151267447024,"sku":"9781597290920","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597290920_p0.jpg?v=1763812786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597290920","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}