{"title":"David I. Masson","description":"David I. Masson (1915 - 2007)\nDavid Irvine Masson was born in Edinburgh from a distinguished family of academics and thinkers. Although his output was small and consisted entirely of short stories, he gained a reputation as a writer of vigorous experimental SF.  All of his short science fiction is published in the collection 'The Caltraps of Time'.  He died in Leeds in 2007.","products":[{"product_id":"the-caltraps-of-time","title":"The Caltraps of Time","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Caltraps of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is David I. Masson's only published book of fiction, a collection of short stories, most of which made their first appearance in \u003ci\u003eNew Worlds SF\u003c\/i\u003e during the 1960s under the legendary editorship of Michael Moorcock. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn apocalyptic battle at the edge of the unknown, the deadly fascination of voracious magma, a world where the weather expresses itself as mood. These are only some of the themes tackled with superb scientific speculation by David I. Masson.","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47717685625118,"sku":"9780575118287","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/products\/9780575118287-original.jpg?v=1755827194"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/collections\/getimage_34f8f7a6-a96c-4c88-a77f-01b161d20626.jpg?v=1783232451","url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/collections\/author-david-i-masson-1.oembed","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}