{"product_id":"the-pastime-machine-a-byronic-mashup-of-dante-and-wells-in-101-sonnets-9781976084751","title":"The Pastime Machine: A Byronic Mashup of Dante and Wells - in 101 Sonnets","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Ryan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Humorous - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter inventing a trans-dimensional vessel, a Traveler embarks on an epic journey to Hell and back, then sets his sights upon attaining Heaven. Along the way he stumbles through a number of other mythologies and is changed beyond his imagining-while inadvertently opening a route for corporate expansion. But in the end everything works out according to plan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept the Traveler never had a plan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pastime Machine is a Byronic mashup of Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e and Wells' \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, with bits of the Odyssey, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Edda\u003c\/em\u003e, Egyptian funerary text, and of course the Bible, plus a nod toward \"A Midsummer Night's Dream.\" It's NSFW from page one, lampoons everybody including its author, and then kills them off ignominiously in text. It's got a nude giant. And it's written entirely in sonnets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45551129165975,"sku":"9781976084751","price":883.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781976084751.webp?v=1767132109","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-pastime-machine-a-byronic-mashup-of-dante-and-wells-in-101-sonnets-9781976084751","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}