{"product_id":"2940012642844","title":"The Dope On Mars","description":"My agent was the one who got me the job of going along to write up the first trip to Mars. He was always getting me things like that--appearances on TV shows, or mentions in writers' magazines. If he didn't sell much of my stuff, at least he sold me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It'll be the biggest break a writer ever got,\" he told me, two days before blastoff. \"Oh, sure there'll be scientific reports on the trip, but the public doesn't want them; they want the human slant on things.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But, Louie,\" I said weakly, \"I'll probably be locked up for the whole trip. If there are fights or accidents, they won't tell me about them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nonsense,\" said Louie, sipping carefully at a paper cup of scalding coffee. \"It'll be just like the public going along vicariously. They'll identify with you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But, Louie,\" I said, wiping the dampness from my palms on the knees of my trousers as I sat there, \"how'll I go about it? A story? An article? A you-are-there type of report? What?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouie shrugged. \"So keep a diary. It'll be more intimate, like.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But what if nothing happens?\" I insisted hopelessly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouie smiled. \"So you fake it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI got up from the chair in his office and stepped to the door. \"That's dishonest,\" I pointed out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Creative is the word,\" Louie said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo I went on the first trip to Mars. And I kept a diary. This is it. And it is honest. Honest it is.","brand":"eStar Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078840533232,"sku":"2940012642844","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012642844_p0.jpg?v=1763570940","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012642844","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}