{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-beta-2-empire-star-samuel-r-delany-1965-ace-books-paperback","title":"The Ballad of Beta-2 \u0026 Empire Star - Samuel R. Delany - 1965 Ace Books 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmpire Star \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ballad of Beta-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare two of the finest short novels by one of the most talented writers in the Science Fiction field, a writer with a well-earned reputation for imagination and style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn THE BALLAD OF BETA-2, Joneny, a student of galactic anthropology. is given the assignment of finding the meaning behind the ballad of a starship lost centuries before. In Delany's hands, Joneny's routine research project becomes a perilous quest of miraculous knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEMPIRE STAR is the story of Comet Jo the cat-bodied star-wanderer who meets, in his travels: the Lump, a half-alien, half-machine; Ni Ty Lee, the suicidal poet of the stars; the strange multiplex consciousness called Jewel...and the race of beings upon whose salvation rested the fate of civilization.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ace Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50020628529394,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/4F2BB0B7-4767-4CC8-BEDD-428DA2D33552.jpg?v=1788462193","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-beta-2-empire-star-samuel-r-delany-1965-ace-books-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}