{"product_id":"the-first-heroes-new-tales-of-the-bronze-age-paperback","title":"The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoreen Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bronze Age. The era of Troy, of Gilgamesh, of the dawning of human mastery over the earth. For decades, fantasists have set tales of heroism and adventure in imagined worlds based on the real Bronze Age, from the Hyborean Age of the Conan stories to the Third Age of Middle-earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow bestselling science fiction and fantasy author Harry Turtledove, a noted expert on the ancient world, teams up with author and Egyptologist Noreen Doyle to present fourteen new tales of the real Bronze Age from some of the best writers in science fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe First Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e: here is Gene Wolfe's mock-journal of a man from the future who travels with figures out of history and mythology; Judith Tarr's tale of a town that sends its resident goddess to try to learn the secrets of the morose God of Chariots; Harry Turtledove's story about mythological beings witnessing the devastating effect of the first humans on the Earth's natural order; and a poignant new story from the late Poul Anderson, in which a modern scholar is sent to the late Bronze Age to witness the end of an era, emerging with memories from the past as vibrant and intact as those from his accustomed life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of the South\u003c\/i\u003e, the World War series, and \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Toxic Spell Dump\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLecturer, fiction writer, archaeologist, and Egyptologist, \u003cb\u003eNoreen Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Maine\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.96 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761445929248,"sku":"9780765302878","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a819fc7fb628dcc1b2bbf098b33ae0b1.webp?v=1780207728","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-first-heroes-new-tales-of-the-bronze-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}