{"product_id":"9781597809917","title":"Million Mile Road Trip","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Sci-Fi \u0026amp; Fantasy Blog's Best of May 2019!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Verge’s\u003c\/i\u003e 10 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Check Out in May!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first new novel since 2013, cyberpunk pioneer Rudy Rucker offers his own smart, hilarious, and uniquely gnarly science fiction version of the classic road-trip story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a seemingly-innocent trumpet solo somehow opens a transdimensional connection to Mappyworld, a parallel universe containing a single, endless plain divided by ridges into basin-like worlds, three California teens find themselves taken on a million mile road trip across a landscape of alien civilizations in a beat-up, purple 80s wagon . . . with a dark-energy motor, graphene tires and quantum shocks, of course. Their goal? To stop carnivorous flying saucers from invading Earth. And, just maybe, to find love along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillion Mile Road Trip\u003c\/i\u003e is a phantasmagoric roller-coaster ride—mind warpingly smart and wildly funny, with a warmly beating heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNight Shade Books’ ten-volume series with Rudy Rucker collects nine of the brilliantly weird novels for which the mathematician-turned-author is known, as well as a tenth, never-before-published book, \u003ci\u003eMillion Mile Road Trip\u003c\/i\u003e. We’re proud to collect in one place so much of the work of this influential figure in the early cyberpunk scene, and to share Rucker’s fascinating, unique worldview with an entirely new generation of readers.","brand":"Rucker, Rudy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42930717720800,"sku":"1234584433","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_edf37a9f-c7fe-4d93-a607-edb4cfc90077.jpg?v=1654369275","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781597809917","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}