{"product_id":"robota-9780486804958","title":"Robota","description":"A captivating tale of action, romance, and betrayal, \u003ci\u003eRobota\u003c\/i\u003e features breathtaking illustrations that add a cinematic scope to every page. Orson Scott Card, author of the award-winning bestseller \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game, \u003c\/i\u003e collaborated with artist Doug Chiang on the story and wrote the narrative for this visionary work. This edition includes additional, never-before-seen art that Chiang developed for a prospective \u003ci\u003eRobota\u003c\/i\u003e film. Plus, Gareth Edwards, the director of both \u003ci\u003eGodzilla \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and \u003ci\u003eRogue One: A Star Wars Story \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), provides a new Preface. \u003cbr\u003eAn elaborate study in world-building that traces a human's journey through a preindustrial civilization, \u003ci\u003eRobota\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between nature and technology. The hero, Caps, awakens with amnesia in a fantastic world of dinosaurs and talking animals -- a land of enchantment dominated by giant robots and their sadistic general, Kaantur-Set, who is bent on human genocide. With the help of Juomes, a yeti-like hunter-beast, Caps must battle the tyrannical robots and rediscover his true identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug Chiang served as the concept artist for Lucasfilm on \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Force Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e and the subsequent films in the franchise. Chiang was the design director for the earlier \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e movies \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Menace \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Attack of the Clones\u003c\/i\u003e and also contributed to the Industrial Light and Magic films \u003ci\u003eTerminator 2 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Forrest Gump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOrson Scott Card is the author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning books \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e in addition to all of the books in the Enderverse series. His other science-fiction stories include\u003ci\u003e The Tales of Alvin Maker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGareth Edwards is a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the 2014 version of \u003ci\u003eGodzilla\u003c\/i\u003e and the upcoming film \u003ci\u003eRogue One: A Star Wars Story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514205147410,"sku":"9780486804958","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c0b61d4-6913-466c-a650-353e759e9feb.jpg?v=1730975847","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/robota-9780486804958","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}