{"product_id":"the-heads-of-cerberus-and-other-stories-9780262549066","title":"The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eExposed to a high-tech dust that can transport people from one dimension to another, three travelers must try to escape the totalitarian Philadelphia of 2118.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia--a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered, not named. How will they escape? In \u003ci\u003eThe Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eintroduced by Lisa Yaszek, you will find this world-bending story as well as five others written by Francis Stevens, the pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, a pioneering science fiction and fantasy adventure writer from Minneapolis who made her literary debut at the precocious age of 17. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften celebrated as \"the woman who invented dark fantasy,\" Bennett possessed incredible range; her groundbreaking stories--produced largely between 1904 and 1919--suggest that she is better understood as the mother of modern genre fiction writ large. Bennett's work has anticipated everything from the work of Philip K. Dick to Superman comics to \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, making it as relevant now as it ever was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948) was the first American woman to publish widely in fantasy and science fiction. Her five short stories and seven longer works of fiction, all of which appeared in pulp magazines such as \u003ci\u003eArgosy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll-Story Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, would influence everyone from H.P Lovecraft to C.L. Moore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16162527\"\u003eFrancis Stevens\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262549066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262549069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC055000\"\u003eDystopian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028080\"\u003eTime Travel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028000\"\u003eScience Fiction | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLisa Yaszek is Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948) was the first American woman to publish widely in fantasy and science fiction. Her five short stories and seven longer works of fiction, all of which appeared in pulp magazines such as \u003ci\u003eArgosy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll-Story Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, would influence everyone from H.P Lovecraft to C.L. Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459508482285,"sku":"9780262549066","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_64fe14a0-7cfa-460a-b075-3ece7d2de870.jpg?v=1753639516","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-heads-of-cerberus-and-other-stories-9780262549066","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}