{"product_id":"best-of-soviet-sf-world-soul-by-mikhail-emtsev-and-eremei-parnov","title":"'Best of Soviet SF: World Soul' by Mikhail Emtsev and Eremei Parnov","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"470\"\u003eA Soviet thought experiment dressed up all in pulp. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"470\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"79\"\u003eWorld Soul\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a premise that sounds comic. A disembodied intelligence threatens to absorb or overwrite human consciousness. What to do? Oh no, it got worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"955\"\u003eEmtsev and Parnov write from inside a scientific imagination that still believes in systems, in reason, in the solvability of things — but they can’t quite suppress the dread that comes with it. The narrative moves through laboratories, theoretical constructs, and high-stakes intervention between humans and the entity. One bounded, fragile, contingent; the other totalising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1285\"\u003ePart of that late-70s wave of Soviet SF that filtered into the Anglophone world through translation, a fantastic one for a collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1285\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst US edition, first printing (1978), Macmillan Publishing Co., hardcover with original dust jacket. Translated by Antonina W. Bouis, introduction by Theodore Sturgeon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1846\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDust jacket present and bright, with light general wear and minor edge softening; internal flaps show noticeable foxing\/spotting. Original price sticker remains affixed to front flap. Boards clean and firm; binding sound with no lean. Interior generally clean. A well-kept copy with visible age-related spotting to jacket, but strong overall presentation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540322873427,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_30.png?v=1777423551","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/best-of-soviet-sf-world-soul-by-mikhail-emtsev-and-eremei-parnov","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}