{"product_id":"ib-melchior-robert-skotak-9781887664417","title":"Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you are only interested in reading about old science fiction movies, then this book is not for you. For this book contains a lot of dull stuff about a man who touched the beating heart of another; stepped into the cold of outer space; witnessed the horrors of Dachau; directed some of the first TV shows; called one of the most famous opera singers of the century \"father\"; became a war hero; was knighted; had himself arrested for drunk driving; worked with laser beams; jumped out of airplanes; \"infiltrated\" an American city; broke a 400 year-old cipher; wrestled lions; had the fangs of a leopard at his throat; picked up a prostitute; learned how to kill with a pencil; rode an African elephant; sorted 50,000 beetles; stage-managed ice shows; worked with rockets and the Rockettes. A man who was a spy and counterspy, an actor, stage manager, singer, set designer. He speaks six languages; is a novelist and has been a gourmet chef; helped sail a tall ship and... and--incidentally--wrote or directed a bunch of science fiction movies that many of us have enjoyed  Several of which have become both cult movies and earned a respectable place among mainstream viewers. So perhaps you'll want to read this book after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Skotak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1887664416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781887664417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Robert Skotak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939072180479,"sku":"9781887664417","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c4ede94-0568-4547-8e46-b1de81c39be3.jpg?v=1681439330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ib-melchior-robert-skotak-9781887664417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}