{"product_id":"war-games-2","title":"War Games","description":"1.  The trade paperback edition of Anvil''s\u003ci\u003eInterstellar Patrol\u003c\/i\u003e(04\/03) was a\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, with a strong sell through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.  Like Keith Laumer, Anvil has a rare ability to combine fast-moving adventure with humor, deftly skewering the bureaucratic mind, whether human or alien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author David Weber calls Anvil''s SF \"a delightful pleasure,\" and adds \"I''m delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil''s work available once again.  Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories...I''ve always loved Anvil''s, ah,\u003ci\u003epeculiar\u003c\/i\u003esense of humor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.  Advertising in\u003ci\u003eLocus,\u003c\/i\u003emore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar is a serious business—or is it? Christopher Anvil turns his sardonic sense of humor loose on the subject and considers what might happen if:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-         Someone devised a computer war game so realistic and addictive that the people in charge of battle on both sides didn''t have the time or inclination to start a\u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003ewar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-         Another device gave every homeowner the power to block off his property from any incursion, even by nuclear weapons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-         A secret organization pulls the plug on an impending war by causing the commanders on both sides to be unable even to\u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003eof any of the words they need to order their forces into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-         And, in a full-length novel,\u003ci\u003eThe Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, the devastation after World War III has not put an end to war—not as long as men survive who still want to conquer and dominate; nor as long as others will fight, not just to survive, but to defend freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The many faces of war, examined by a master of science fiction adventure with a wryly humorous twist.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46760345075922,"sku":"9781416556022","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":46760345108690,"sku":"9781439133507","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46760345141458,"sku":"0657a144-5c46-3645-8411-cdbd15578ef8","price":9.61,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_09695d92-d311-4c51-ac62-b11a9ba31d0e.jpg?v=1772867551","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/war-games-2","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}