{"product_id":"metallic-realms-hardcover","title":"Metallic Realms - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLincoln Michel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFantastic universes and personal dramas collide as a group of friends blur the line between real life and fiction with delightfully disastrous results from the acclaimed author of the \"timeless and original\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Body Scout\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lincoln finds his life has turned out nothing like the intergalactic lives of the pulp heroes of his youth. But these are pedestrian concerns--he has a higher calling, and that is to preserve for all posterity the greatest series in the history of the written word: The Star Rot Chronicles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten collectively by Michael's best (and perhaps only) friend Taras K. Castle and his misfit science fiction writing group, the Orb 4, the stories follow Captain Baldwin and his fearless crew on their mind-bending adventures across the Metallic Realms, from solar whales swallowing suns at the edge of spacetime to extraterrestrial romances and interstellar wars. These masterpieces have gone tragically unpublished--until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the most urgent story Michael must tell takes place in the more intimate (if no less dramatic) confines of literary Brooklyn. Behind the greatest universe ever created, there are the all-too-mortal people who wrote it. As Michael chronicles the personal melodramas of the Orb 4 as well as the fun house reflections in their fiction, the line between real and unreal becomes dangerously thin, and the true reasons for the group's fallout begin to emerge. As he labors away in hiding, Michael has just one mission: to bring the Metallic Realms to the world. No matter the cost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Michel's previous books are the story collection \u003ci\u003eUpright\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeasts \u003c\/i\u003eand the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Body Scout\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLightspeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYork Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He runs the popular literary newsletter \u003ci\u003eCounter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraft \u003c\/i\u003eand coedited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eTiny Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTiny Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Virginia and lives in Brooklyn. He can be found online at LincolnMichel.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52020198015277,"sku":"9781668058671","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/metallic-realms-hardcover-9984211.webp?v=1777439407","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/metallic-realms-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}