{"product_id":"stars-in-my-pocket-like-grains-of-sand-paperback","title":"Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel R. Delany\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarl Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a truly galactic civilization with over 6,000 inhabited worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues--technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism--have only become more pressing with the passage of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel's topic is information itself: What are the repercussions, once it has been made public, that two individuals have been found to be each other's perfect erotic object out to \"point nine-nine-nine and several nines percent more\"? What will it do to the individuals involved, to the city they inhabit, to their geosector, to their entire world society, especially when one is an illiterate worker, the sole survivor of a world destroyed by \"cultural fugue,\" and the other is--you!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMUEL R. DELANY is a novelist and critic who currently teaches English and creative writing at Temple University. He has won both Hugo and Nebula awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45607897333804,"sku":"9780819567147","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/stars-in-my-pocket-like-grains-of-sand-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}