{"product_id":"pompiety-john-t-ii-van-stan-9798288661013","title":"Pompiety: A Dialogue of the Damned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo literary ghosts walk into the afterlife. One has a cigar. The other brings a hammer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePompiety: A Dialogue of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e is a satirical graveyard exchange between contemporaries, Mark Twain and Friedrich Nietzsche, resurrected for one last reckoning on progress, piety, and the fate of a bruised planet. Through sharp dialogue and ecological critique, the two probe the limits of techno-optimism, dismantle the determinism inherent to science worship, and wrestle with the moral debris of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir debate circles two forgotten virtues: \u003cb\u003epomp\u003c\/b\u003e (a reclaimed respect for our species amid its self-loathing) and \u003cb\u003epiety\u003c\/b\u003e (a humility before the nature we've defiled). If humanity is to escape nihilism or ecological collapse, it may need both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a natural scientist and reviewed by scientists and philosophers, \u003ci\u003ePompiety\u003c\/i\u003e offers more than clever banter, it's a compact, unsettling meditation on what we worship, and what we destroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGenre-bending: \u003c\/b\u003e part philosophical fiction, part eco-satire, all conversation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDigestible but durable: \u003c\/b\u003e a one-sitting read with weeks of afterthought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIllustrated: \u003c\/b\u003e each act features stark, woodcut-style art.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIdeal for: \u003c\/b\u003e readers of speculative dialogue, environmental ethics, and irreverent intellect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePull up a seat with these gravefellows. The world may be ending, but the argument isn't.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John T. II Van Stan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798288661013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d","brand":"John T. II Van Stan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801064943871,"sku":"9798288661013","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pompiety-john-t-ii-van-stan-9798288661013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}