{"product_id":"optima-scott-robinson-9798879952858","title":"Optima: Tales of Hope \u0026 Light in the Fantastic","description":"When I was young, around 12 or 13 years old, I went to a school that was very old and made of brick and oak, with high ceilings and thick bannisters on the stairs and hardwood floors, like something out of \u003ci\u003eHoosiers\u003c\/i\u003e. I loved that old school - especially the third-floor library, which was also where we had study hall. Every day, I would zip through my homework and raise my hand so the study hall teacher would let me vanish into the library stacks to choose a book to read for the remainder of the period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes it was Ray Bradbury. Sometimes, Robert Heinlein. Sometimes Isaac Asimov. But I always picked tales of wonder - from \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e or\u003ci\u003e I, Robot \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/i\u003e. I loved those stories! They fired up my imagination and took me to amazing places. They filled me with awe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've written many stories of my own in the decades since, and a handful are like those wonderous tales I read in that long-ago third-story school library - tales of hope and light, stories that stir the imagination and provide inspiration. Positive, upbeat, with happy endings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are ten of them within, and they are all over the place: there are some time travel stories, some stories that take place in space, a couple of magical tales. A few are very light-hearted, a few are very serious - but all of them have happy endings, and all of them (I hope!) offer that hope and light that once illuminated my own future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798879952858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Scott Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852223787263,"sku":"9798879952858","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/optima-scott-robinson-9798879952858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}