{"_id":"6a3542606d121a7d93a53610","title":"The Repairer of Reputations","author":"Robert W. Chambers","code":"the-repairer-of-reputations","publish_year":1895,"publish_source":"The King in Yellow","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/kinginyellow00chamrich/page/8/mode/2up","words":12189,"image":"housecat.jpg","image_alt":"a housecat. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","sci-fi"],"description":"In the future of 1920, a man suffers from both a head injury from falling from his horse and from having read an infamous play that captures the mind of all who read it.","blurb":"I started up and flung the book into the fireplace; the volume struck the barred grate and fell open on the hearth in the firelight. If I had not caught a glimpse of the opening words in the second act I should never have finished it.","unique_cover":"A man panicking and holding the play titled 'the king in yellow'","cover_source":"Tucker Sherry","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}