{"product_id":"vent-philip-machanick-9781037041242","title":"Vent","description":"In this collection of SF sort stories, themes covered include first encounters with aliens that don't go quite as most expect, ways AI or similar digital intelligence could naturally evolve and what intelligent life long before and long after humanity on our home planet could be. Other examples include: how would an interstellar civilisation with slow relativistic travel but near-instantaneous communication play out? In a post-apocalyptic world, what would we miss the most? How might we interact with an almost-similar parallel universe? If we made near-human androids, would we bee able If you generally like an interesting what-if conundrum, that's the starting point of good SF.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Machanick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1037041240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781037041242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rampage Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.59d","brand":"Philip Machanick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801125695743,"sku":"9781037041242","price":16.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vent-philip-machanick-9781037041242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}