{"title":"Francis Stevens","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Stevens offers a captivating blend of speculative storytelling that explores the boundaries between science fiction and fantasy. Readers can expect imaginative narratives filled with mysterious technologies, eerie atmospheres, and thrilling adventures that challenge reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorks such as \u003cem\u003eCitadel of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e showcase Stevens’ unique ability to weave suspense with inventive concepts, appealing to fans of both general fiction and classic speculative tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-heads-of-cerberus-and-other-stories-by-francis-stevens-9780262549066","title":"The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExposed to a high-tech dust that can transport people from one dimension to another, three travellers must try to escape the totalitarian Philadelphia of 2118.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered, not named. How will they escape?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, introduced by Lisa Yaszek, you will find this world-bending story as well as five others written by Francis Stevens, the pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, a pioneering science fiction and fantasy adventure writer from Minneapolis who made her literary debut at the precocious age of 17.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOften celebrated as \"the woman who invented dark fantasy,\" Bennett possessed incredible range; her groundbreaking stories—produced largely between 1904 and 1919—suggest that she is better understood as the mother of modern genre fiction writ large. Bennett's work has anticipated everything from the work of Philip K. Dick to Superman comics to \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e, making it as relevant now as it ever was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948) was the first American woman to publish widely in fantasy and science fiction. Her five short stories and seven longer works of fiction, all of which appeared in pulp magazines such as \u003cem\u003eArgosy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll-Story Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, would influence everyone from H.P Lovecraft to C.L. Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46716816195820,"sku":"9780262549066","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12603673482281.jpg?v=1754445306"},{"product_id":"citadel-of-fear-special-armchair-fiction-illustrated-edition-with-cover-gallery-by-francis-stevens-9781511859042","title":"Citadel of Fear, Special Armchair Fiction Illustrated Edition with Cover Gallery","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. \u003cem\u003eThe Citadel of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e by Francis Stevens is the fourth instalment of our \"Lost World-Lost Race Classics\" series and it features a Francis Stevens literature retrospective gallery as well as a short biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring a gold-finding expedition to South America, an American and an Irishman stumble upon the entrance to the lost Aztec city of Tiapallan. There they find not only the remains of an ancient Aztec race, but a black stone containing an unspeakable evil. Before long, this ancient evil brings horror to the shores of America in a way that only H. P. Lovecraft could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Citadel of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant combination of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural horror. It is a true masterpiece by one of the most important female sci-fi and fantasy authors of the 20th Century, Francis Stevens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48127181226220,"sku":"9781511859042","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f85cc8c0b4bdf060020f0406a5891e29.jpg?v=1787724851"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/francis-stevens.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}