{"product_id":"remembrance-acres-the-golden-years-of-super-heroes-paperback","title":"Remembrance Acres: The Golden Years of Super-Heroes - 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\u003eStuart Hopen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happened when Maximum Woman literally became too big for her britches? How did immortality kill Perpetual Man? How did The Silver Ballerina cope when her triumphant theme music faded away, and she succumbed to paralysis?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Golden Years of Super-Heroes aren't always golden, especially when the super ones live out their final days in Remembrance Acres - in poor health - and Gardner Flookz is their only advocate. Flookz is a medical malpractice claims adjuster at a hospital where the medical system is a nightmare, in a town populated by ambulance chasers, profiteers, space cadets, wizards, vampires, slumming gods, and down-on-their-luck superheroes. This brainy crusader flunked out of medical and law school, but gained enough understanding to swagger through both worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemembrance Acres is an imaginative, humorous, pathetic and satirical tale, in the tradition of Jonathan Swift. This clever contemporary collection of 42 stories is a canny insider's view of the healthcare industry. The story cycle examines important legal issues - medical malpractice, informed consent, privacy, insurance and reimbursement, work-force reduction, fraud and abuse, death and dying - in a fantasy world which mirrors today's reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Hopen is a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied creative writing and studio art. He has written comic books published by D.C. Comics, Marvel, Fantagraphics, Eclipse, and Amazing Comics. His critical writing has been published by \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eComics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eWarp Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published by Tor Books and reissued by the Misenchanted Press.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBold Venture Press publishes his seven-book series \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Patrol\u003c\/i\u003e, a WWI drama with Lovecraftian overtones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee more of his writing and art at stuarthopen.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52538550419763,"sku":"9781721934829","price":27.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/clE2UjdHQVh3TVNyczJ4cnl2UFJlQT09.webp?v=1760839047","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/remembrance-acres-the-golden-years-of-super-heroes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}