{"product_id":"9781935558194","title":"The Master of Light","description":"Often hailed as the best French science fiction writer of the early 20th century, Maurice Renard coined the term \"Scientific Marvel Fiction\" to pen a series of gripping, ground-breaking stories that owe as much to Edgar Allan Poe as they do to H.-G. Wells. Until now, Renard was best known to the English-speaking public for his thrice-filmed thriller, The Hands of Orlac. \u003cp\u003eThe Master of Light (1933), anticipating Bob Shaw's slow glass, is a murder mystery solved thanks to luminite, a glass-like substance which slows down light as it passes through, and through which one can actually witness the past. It is the fifth of a series of five volumes, translated and annotated by Brian Stableford, devoted to presenting the classic works of this pioneering giant of French science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Coat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057936744688,"sku":"9781935558194","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935558194_p0.jpg?v=1763656375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935558194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}