{"product_id":"2940014094412","title":"THE COLORS OF SPACE","description":"CHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lhari spaceport didn't belong on Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBart Steele had thought that, a long time ago, when he first saw it. He\u003cbr\u003ehad been just a kid then; twelve years old, and all excited about seeing\u003cbr\u003eEarth for the first time--Earth, the legendary home of mankind before\u003cbr\u003ethe Age of Space, the planet of Bart's far-back ancestors. And the first\u003cbr\u003ething he'd seen on Earth, when he got off the starship, was the Lhari\u003cbr\u003espaceport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd he'd thought, right then, _It doesn't belong on Earth._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe'd said so to his father, and his father's face had gone strange,\u003cbr\u003ebitter and remote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lot of people would agree with you, Son,\" Captain Rupert Steele had\u003cbr\u003esaid softly. \"The trouble is, if the Lhari spaceport wasn't on Earth, we\u003cbr\u003ewouldn't be on Earth either. Remember that.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBart remembered it, five years later, as he got off the strip of moving\u003cbr\u003esidewalk. He turned to wait for Tommy Kendron, who was getting his\u003cbr\u003ebaggage off the center strip of the moving roadway. Bart Steele and\u003cbr\u003eTommy Kendron had graduated together, the day before, from the Space\u003cbr\u003eAcademy of Earth. Now Tommy, who had been born on the ninth planet of\u003cbr\u003ethe star Capella, was taking the Lhari starship to his faraway home, and\u003cbr\u003eBart's father was coming back to Earth, on the same starship, to meet\u003cbr\u003ehis son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Five years,_ Bart thought. _That's a long time. I wonder if Dad will\u003cbr\u003eknow me?_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Let me give you a hand with that stuff, Tommy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can manage,\" Tommy chuckled, hefting the plastic cases. \"They don't\u003cbr\u003eallow you much baggage weight on the Lhari ships. Certainly not more\u003cbr\u003ethan I can handle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two lads stood in front of the spaceport gate for a minute. Over the\u003cbr\u003egate, which was high and pointed and made of some clear colorless\u003cbr\u003ematerial like glass, was a jagged symbol resembling a flash of\u003cbr\u003elightning; the sign, in Lhari language, for the home world of the Lhari.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey walked through the pointed glass gate, and stood for a moment, by\u003cbr\u003emutual consent, looking down over the vast expanse of the Lhari\u003cbr\u003espaceport.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073866907888,"sku":"2940014094412","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014094412_p0.jpg?v=1763600518","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014094412","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}