{"product_id":"stars-in-my-pocket-like-grains-of-sand-samuel-r-delany-1985-bantam-paperback","title":"Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Samuel R. Delany - 1985 Bantam Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “Stars 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49225447112946,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/0B44AD0D-3C64-48C9-9AA2-F601695FE33D.jpg?v=1778988605","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/stars-in-my-pocket-like-grains-of-sand-samuel-r-delany-1985-bantam-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}