{"product_id":"in-other-worlds","title":"In Other Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid''s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rabbit superheroes. A theory of masks and capes. Victorian otherlands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her 1940s childhood to her time at Harvard, Margaret Atwood has always been fascinated with SF. In 2010, she delivered a lecture series at Emory University called ''In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.'' This book is the result of those lectures. It includes essays on Ursula Le Guin and H G Wells, her interesting distinction between ''science fiction proper'' and ''speculative fiction'', and the letter which she wrote to the school which tried to ban \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid''s Tale. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Spooky . . . wild'' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Elegant and witty'' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Eminently readable and accessible . . . The lectures are insightful and cogently argued with a neat comic turn of phrase . . . Her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none'' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317203444094,"sku":"NW9781844087556","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781844087556.jpg?v=1778697891","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/in-other-worlds","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}