{"product_id":"9781615925087","title":"The Man Who Melted","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Melted\u003c\/i\u003e is a warning for the future. It is the \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e for our time, for it gives us a glimpse into our own future — a future ruled by corporations that control deadly and powerful forms of mass manipulation. It is a prediction of what could happen...tomorrow.\u003ci\u003e The Man Who Melted \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how technology affects us and changes our morality, and it questions how we might remain human in an inhuman world. Will the future disenfranchise or empower the individual? Here you'll find new forms of sexuality, new perversions, new epiphanies, and an entirely new form of consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWould you pay to \"go down\" with the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this dystopia the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e is brought back from the bottom of the sea and refurbished, only to be sunk again for those who want the ultimate decadent experience. Some passengers pay to commit suicide by \"going under\" with the ship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Melted\u003c\/i\u003e has been called \"one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time\" by \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Age\u003c\/i\u003e and is considered a genre classic. It is the stunning odyssey of a man searching through the glittering, apocalyptic landscape of the next century for a woman lost to him in a worldwide outbreak of telepathic fear. Here is a terrifying future where people can gamble away their hearts (and other organs) and telepathically taste the last flickering thoughts of the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135657427184,"sku":"9781615925087","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615925087_p0.jpg?v=1769904340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615925087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}