{"product_id":"operation-haystack-paperback","title":"Operation Haystack - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperation Haystack: A science fiction classic from Frank Herbert, author of DUNE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperation Haystack\u003c\/strong\u003e is a short science fiction space opera first published in 1959, a few years before \u003cstrong\u003eDune\u003c\/strong\u003e. The story is classic \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Herbert\u003c\/strong\u003e and exhibit many of the themes from \u003cstrong\u003eDune\u003c\/strong\u003e; matriarchal societies, clandestine overthrow plots, distaste for politics, human colonies expanding through the vastness of space, and genetic manipulation through breeding in humans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the fictional setting, a galactic feminist conspiracy, weaved by a network of alpha women, threatens to take over the galactic government with the ultimate aim of establishing a cosmic matriarchy where females hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story was published at the beginning of Second-wave feminism which first began in the early 1960s in the United States. Whereas first-wave feminism focused mainly on suffrage and overturning legal obstacles to gender equality (e.g., voting rights, property rights), second-wave feminism broadened the debate to a wide range of issues: sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities, and official legal inequalities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Herbert\u003c\/strong\u003e's short stories included in this print edition include \u003cstrong\u003eMissing Link\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRambling House\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Herbert\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel \u003cstrong\u003eDune\u003c\/strong\u003e and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer. \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Herbert\u003c\/strong\u003e used his science fiction novels to explore complex ideas involving philosophy, religion, psychology, politics and ecology. The underlying thrust of his work was a fascination with the question of human survival and evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68369803247839,"sku":"9781546404347","price":9.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xJ2ne5ds1k9781546404347.webp?v=1793724708","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/operation-haystack-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}