{"product_id":"on-earth-as-it-is-on-television","title":"On Earth as It Is on Television","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Contact stories have never been as intoxicating and fun as in Emily Jane's novel of the sudden arrival-and equally sudden departure-of spaceships above Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arrival of spaceships can bring up a lot of big questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean that we're not alone? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did aliens come here? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho knew beforehand? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere.... are the aliens going?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWait... They can't just leave! Without inviting us into their galactic federation-or at the very least obliterating us! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Emily Jane's debut-a rollicking paean to what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century-the fleeting presence of alien vessels, and the certainty that humans are not alone in the universe, sparks intense uncertainty as to our place within it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlaine has always been content to go along with whatever his supermom wife and television-addicted, half-feral children want. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning \"hoomans\" to uncover aliens, and his wife announces a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeather, bored in a Malibu pool while the ships hover overhead, watches as the Arrival heralds the end of her dead-end relationship and sets her on a quest to understand herself, her accomplished (and oh-so-annoying) stepfamily, and why she feels so alone in a universe teeming with life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Oliver, suddenly conscious and alert after twenty catatonic years, struggles to piece together broken memories and understand why he's following a strange cat on a westward journey and into the greatest adventure of his-or anyone's-lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Turnaround Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56048581673338,"sku":"ZTP-9781368092999","price":20.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/On-Earth-as-It-Is-on-Television.jpg?v=1760978363","url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/products\/on-earth-as-it-is-on-television","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}