{"product_id":"9780712354110","title":"The Night Wire","description":"Author: Aaron Worth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712354110\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious news signal reports cosmic doom from an otherworldly location. X-ray evidence suggests the impossible truth that a sculptor is becoming one with his creation. A gramophone channels the venomous words of a churlish spirit and its cruel vengeance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ground-breaking new technologies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries delivered their users into a world of unfathomable miracles and fresh nightmares  a world in which pioneers of weird fiction gave expression to the anxieties at the heart of seemingly limitless communication and the capturing of images beyond the human eye. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing this fiction of speculation and fear from the motion photography of the 1890s to 1950s television, this new collection presents seventeen tales of haunted and uncanny media from a range of writers inspired by its ghastly potential, including Marjorie Bowen, H. Russell Wakefield, Mary Treadgold and J. B. Priestley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46804251213982,"sku":"ADS-9780712354110","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712354110.jpg?v=1778207275","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712354110","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}