{"product_id":"9780712352840","title":"Promethean Horrors : Classic Tales of Mad Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Reyes, Xavier Aldana, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: British Library Tales of the Weird, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: British Library Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: British Library Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Classic horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Short stories\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780712352840\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the imaginations of Gothic short-story writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley and H.P. Lovecraft came one of the most complex of villains - the mad scientist. Promethean Horrors presents some of the greatest mad scientists ever created, as each cautionary tale explores the consequences of pushing nature too far.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese savants take many forms: there are malcontents who strive to create poisonous humans; technologists obsessed with genetic splicing; mesmerists interested in the way consciousness operates after death and inventors who believe in a hidden reality. United by an unhealthy obsession with wanting to reach beyond their circumstances, these mad scientists are marked by their magical capacity to alter the present, a gift that always comes at a price...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022354350233,"sku":"9780712352840","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780712352840.jpg?v=1594322074","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780712352840","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}