{"product_id":"2940013668157","title":"The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw","description":"I've always been inclined to putter around with inventions (Pat Morgan\u003cbr\u003esaid), and after my wife died I tried to forget my loneliness by\u003cbr\u003ecentering my interest on my laboratory work. It was a poor substitute\u003cbr\u003efor the companionship I had lost, but at that I guess it proved my\u003cbr\u003esalvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was working on a new fuel which was much cheaper and less bulky than\u003cbr\u003egasoline; but I found that it required radical changes in engine design,\u003cbr\u003eand I lacked the capital to put my blueprints into metal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout this time my grandfather died and left me a considerable fortune.\u003cbr\u003eQuite a slice of it went into experimental engines before I finally\u003cbr\u003eperfected one. It was a honey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI built a ship and installed my engine in it; then I tried to sell the\u003cbr\u003epatents on both engine and fuel to the Government--but something\u003cbr\u003ehappened. When I reached a certain point in these official negotiations\u003cbr\u003eI ran into an invisible stone wall--I was stopped dead. I couldn't even\u003cbr\u003eget a permit to manufacture my engine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI never did find out who or what stopped me, but I remembered the case\u003cbr\u003eof the Doble steam car. Perhaps you will recall that, also.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen I got sore and commenced to play around with the Russians. The\u003cbr\u003ewar-winds were already beginning to blow again in Europe, and the\u003cbr\u003ecomrades of the Soviet were decidedly interested in new aircraft\u003cbr\u003edevelopments. They had money to burn, and their representatives had a\u003cbr\u003eway with them that soothed the injured ego of a despondent inventor.\u003cbr\u003eThey finally made me a splendid offer to take my plans and formulae to\u003cbr\u003eMoscow and manufacture engines and fuel for them. In addition, as a\u003cbr\u003epublicity and propaganda stunt, they offered a whacking bonus if I would\u003cbr\u003eput my new developments to the test by _flying_ there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI jumped at this chance to make monkeys out of those bureaucratic\u003cbr\u003eboneheads in Washington. I'd show those guys what they were missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the course of these negotiations I met Dr. Stade who was also\u003cbr\u003eflirting with the brethren of the U.S.S.R. Professor Marvin Stade, to\u003cbr\u003egive him his full name and title, and he was quite a guy. A big fellow,\u003cbr\u003ebuilt like an ox, with a choleric temper and the most biting pair of\u003cbr\u003eblue eyes I've ever gazed upon. You must have read in the papers about\u003cbr\u003eStade's experiments with frozen dogs and monkeys. He used to freeze them\u003cbr\u003eup solid for days and weeks, and then thaw them out and bring them alive\u003cbr\u003eagain. He had also been conducting some unique studies in surgical\u003cbr\u003ehypnosis, and otherwise stepping on the toes of the constituted medical\u003cbr\u003epoobahs.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176466661616,"sku":"2940013668157","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013668157_p0.jpg?v=1763584019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013668157","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}