{"product_id":"zeppelins-west","title":"Zeppelins West","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tribute to such works as Richard Brautigans Hawkline Monster  and Philip Jose Farmers wackier novels  like The Adventure of the Peerless Peer  Zeppelins West is a wild parody of Westerns  Alternate Universe novels  classic science fiction and horror  comic books  pulps  and dime novels. A Lansdalean holiday into weirdness and camp  this is a special confection from one of todays most original  multi-award winning writers. The Wild West Show travels by Zeppelin to perform before a Shogun  soon to be emperor of Japan  only to discover the Frankenstein monster is being whittled down slowly and ground into aphrodisiacs by the would-be ruler. Buffalo Bill  who  due to a recent accident  exists only as a battery powered head in a jar of liquid manufactured from the best that modern science and pig urine has to offer  along with Wild Bill Hickok  Annie Oakley  Sitting Bull  and a cast of historical as well as literary characters  rescue the monster  only to be shot down over the Pacific  where they are saved from sharks by Captain Nemo and his intellectual seal  Ned. And then things get weird.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44967204454453,"sku":"ByrdShop_193108100X","price":225.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781931081009.jpg?v=1770640810","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/zeppelins-west","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}