{"title":"Lucius Shepard","description":"Lucius Shepard twice won the World Fantasy Award. He also won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for science-fiction writing several times in addition to the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.","products":[{"product_id":"beast-of-the-heartland-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Beast of the Heartland: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fiction of Lucius Shepard has more to do with Joseph Conrad than Isaac Asimov. Fascinated by deception and decay, and generally labeled a cyberpunk writer, his work transcends the limits of genre fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeast of the Heartland contains seven tales that explore the darkside where science fiction meets horror. Headed by the award-winning \"Barnacle Bill the Spacer, \" a story of high-space mutiny, the book includes \"A Little Night Music, \" a gothic tale of insanity; \"All the Perfumes of Araby, \" where an adventurer in the Middle East links up with an ancient entity; \"Human History, \" a postapocalyptic chiller; \"Sports in America, \" a noir tale in the Chandler tradition; \"The Sun Spider, \" a mini space opera; and the title story -- an ingenious picture of a battered boxer on the decline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68220361343199,"sku":"9781568581262","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9RBrcsLVF59781568581262.webp?v=1792579846"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lucius-shepard.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}