{"product_id":"the-thackery-t-lambshead-pocket-guide-to-eccentric-discredited-diseases-paperback","title":"The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric \u0026 Discredited Diseases - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKage Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid you're afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn \" --Book Sense \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou hold in your hands the most complete and official guide to imaginary ailments ever assembled--each disease carefully documented by the most stellar collection of speculative fiction writers ever to play doctor. Detailed within for your reading and diagnostic pleasure are the frightening, ridiculous, and downright absurdly hilarious symptoms, histories, and possible cures to all the ills human flesh\u003ci\u003e isn't\u003c\/i\u003e heir to, including Ballistic Organ Disease, Delusions of Universal Grandeur, and Reverse Pinocchio Syndrome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLavishly illustrated with cunning examples of everything that\u003ci\u003e can't\u003c\/i\u003e go wrong with you, the Lambshead Guide provides a healthy dose of good humor and relief for hypochondriacs, pessimists, and lovers of imaginative fiction everywhere. Even if you don't have Pentzler's Lubriciousness or Tian Shan-Gobi Assimilation, the cure for whatever seriousness may ail you is in this remarkable collection.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid you're afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn! --Book Sense \u003cbr\u003eYou hold in your hands the most complete and official guide to imaginary ailments ever assembled--each disease carefully documented by the most stellar collection of speculative fiction writers ever to play doctor. Detailed within for your reading and diagnostic pleasure are the frightening, ridiculous, and downright absurdly hilarious symptoms, histories, and possible cures to all the ills human flesh\" isn't heir to, including Ballistic Organ Disease, Delusions of Universal Grandeur, and Reverse Pinocchio Syndrome. \u003cbr\u003eLavishly illustrated with cunning examples of everything that\" can't go wrong with you, the Lambshead Guide provides a healthy dose of good humor and relief for hypochondriacs, pessimists, and lovers of imaginative fiction everywhere. Even if you don't have Pentzler's Lubriciousness or Tian Shan-Gobi Assimilation, the cure for whatever seriousness may ail you is in this remarkable collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Jeff VanderMeer is the author of two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eCity of Saints and Madmen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and one novel, \u003ci\u003eVeniss Underground.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also edited anthologies \u003ci\u003eLeviathan 1, 2, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e 3\u003c\/i\u003e, the last a World Fantasy Award winner and Philip K. Dick award finalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Roberts runs Chimeric, a graphic design firm, and has been involved in several publishing ventures through the publisher arm of Chimeric. An accomplished illustrator and writer, his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eInterzone, The Third Alternative, The New York Review of SF, \u003c\/i\u003e and many others. Along with his co-editor, Jeff VanderMeer, he has been a finalist for the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award for his work on the fake disease guide. He lives in London, England.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.06 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44329225519206,"sku":"9780553383393","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Yct4uHC8s49780553383393.webp?v=1768344687","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-thackery-t-lambshead-pocket-guide-to-eccentric-discredited-diseases-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}