{"product_id":"2940014103565","title":"The Bluff Of The Hawk","description":"Had not old John Sewell, the historian, recognized Hawk Carse for what\u003cbr\u003ehe was--a creator of new space-frontiers, pioneer of vast territories\u003cbr\u003efor commerce, molder of history through his long feud with the\u003cbr\u003epowerful Eurasian scientist, Ku Sui--the adventurer would doubtless\u003cbr\u003ehave passed into oblivion like other long-forgotten spacemen. We have\u003cbr\u003eSewell's industry to thank for our basic knowledge of Carse. His\u003cbr\u003e\"Space-Frontiers of the Last Century\" is a thorough work and the\u003cbr\u003eaccepted standard, but even it had of necessity to be compressed, and\u003cbr\u003emany meaty episodes of the Hawk's life go almost unmentioned. For\u003cbr\u003einstance, Sewell gives a rough synopsis of \"The Affair of the Brains,\"\u003cbr\u003ebut dismisses its aftermath entirely, in the following fashion (Vol.\u003cbr\u003eII, pp. 25O-251):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"... there was only one way out: to smash the great dome\u003cbr\u003e     covering one end of the asteroid and so release the\u003cbr\u003e     life-sustaining air inside. Captain Carse achieved this by\u003cbr\u003e     sending the space-ship _Scorpion_ crashing through the dome\u003cbr\u003e     unmanned, and he, Friday and Eliot Leithgow were caught up\u003cbr\u003e     in the out-rushing flood of air and catapulted into space,\u003cbr\u003e     free of the dome and Dr. Ku Sui. Clad as they were in the\u003cbr\u003e     latter's self-propulsive space-suits, they were quite\u003cbr\u003e     capable of reaching Jupiter's Satellite III, only some\u003cbr\u003e     thirty thousand miles away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"Then speeding through space, Captain Carse discovered why\u003cbr\u003e     he had never been able to find the asteroid-stronghold. He\u003cbr\u003e     could not see it! Dr. Ku Sui had protected his lair by\u003cbr\u003e     making it invisible! But Carse was at least confident that\u003cbr\u003e     by breaking the dome he had destroyed all life within in,\u003cbr\u003e     including the coordinated brains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"So ended The Affair of the Brains.[1]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"The three comrades reached Satellite III safely, where,\u003cbr\u003e     after a few minor adventures, Captain Carse....\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Footnote 1: See the March, 1932, Issue of Astounding Stories.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSewell's ruthless surgery is most evident in that last paragraph. Of\u003cbr\u003ecourse his telescoping of the events was due to limited space; but\u003cbr\u003ehe did wish to draw a full-length, character-revealing portrait of\u003cbr\u003eHawk Carse, and with \"... reached Satellite III safely, where, after a\u003cbr\u003efew minor adventures, Captain Carse ...\" learned old John Sewell slid\u003cbr\u003eover one of his greatest opportunities.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145867968752,"sku":"2940014103565","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014103565_p0.jpg?v=1763600561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014103565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}