{"product_id":"the-pastime-machine-tim-ryan-9781976084751","title":"The Pastime Machine: A Byronic Mashup of Dante and Wells - in 101 Sonnets","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter inventing a trans-dimensional vessel, a Traveler embarks on an epic journey to Hell and back, then sets his sights upon attaining Heaven. Along the way he stumbles through a number of other mythologies and is changed beyond his imagining-while inadvertently opening a route for corporate expansion. But in the end everything works out according to plan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept the Traveler never had a plan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pastime Machine is a Byronic mashup of Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e and Wells' \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, with bits of the Odyssey, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Edda\u003c\/em\u003e, Egyptian funerary text, and of course the Bible, plus a nod toward \"A Midsummer Night's Dream.\" It's NSFW from page one, lampoons everybody including its author, and then kills them off ignominiously in text. It's got a nude giant. And it's written entirely in sonnets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Ryan,Lester Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 197608475X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976084751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.23d","brand":"Tim Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874164027647,"sku":"9781976084751","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pastime-machine-tim-ryan-9781976084751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}