{"product_id":"theres-no-time-like-the-present-9781770467569","title":"There's No Time Like the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf time travel existed, would you right societal wrongs or just watch future episodes of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul B. Rainey's \u003ci\u003eThere's No Time Like the Present\u003c\/i\u003e continues to upend grand science fiction gestures with a deep desire to understand the emotional lives of the common man (nerd). It's a simple conceit: time travel is only possible between the invention of the necessary, functioning machinery and the day those machines are shut off. In that finite sliver of space-time, humanity schisms into those who defiantly refuse to look into the future, and those who reap the benefits of doing so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter all, what would you do if you accidentally found out for certain that you would still be working the same dead end job at the age of 70? What would you do if you could read every future issue of your favorite comic? Or if you traveled back in time and couldn't afford to travel back? Would your life actually be that different? Can we admit that there might not be such a thing as free will? Is life just a series of denials of reality? Why does that one guy have horns? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's No Time Like The Present\u003c\/i\u003e proves the success of \u003ci\u003eWhy Don't You Love Me?\u003c\/i\u003e was no fluke, and is yet another brilliant graphic novel by a modern master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11196658\"\u003ePaul B. Rainey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770467569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770467564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CGN\"\u003eComics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CGN006000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul B. Rainey \u003c\/b\u003eis a British cartoonist who has been making comics for decades. He won the Observer\/Jonathan Cape\/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize in 2020 with the strip \u003ci\u003eSimilar to But Not\u003c\/i\u003e. In it, he recounts meeting Madonna in his local pub in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413165699211,"sku":"9781770467569","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_63151c88-02ca-481a-a3f5-8e5086e44bce.jpg?v=1761239226","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/theres-no-time-like-the-present-9781770467569","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}