{"product_id":"2940014555630","title":"The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix: A Science Fiction and Pulp Classic By Homer Eon Flint! AAA+++","description":"Excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then we know this much: So long as the four of us are connected up in this fashion\"--holding up his braceleted wrists--\"we combine our forces to such an extent that we do not need a definite object. It's simply the power of harmony.\"\u003cbr\u003eBillie was anxious to get it down pat. \"In other words, there's nothing to prevent me from locating some one, although unknown to me, so long as we four agree upon the same locality?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"That's it exactly. If we agree to concentrate upon Greenland, even, we shall find four people there whose view-points resemble our own. The main thing is to find similar view-points.\"\u003cbr\u003eThere was some discussion along this line, in which the doctor made it clear that view-point was simply another name for perspective, and that it had nothing whatever to do with actual mental accomplishments. The view-point was really the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\"As yet,\" he went on, \"we should make no attempt to 'put ourselves in the other fellow's place.' Such efforts require a violent exertion of the imagination, and we need practice before tackling the more advanced problems.\u003cbr\u003e\"Time enough, after a while, to get in touch with the Venusians. There's none of them that has a view-point like ours. And once we've done that--\"\u003cbr\u003e\"What?\" from Billie, breathlessly.\u003cbr\u003e\"Anything! The whole universe will be open to us! Why, I understand from reading these books\"--indicating the Venusian manuscripts--\"that there is such a thing as an intelligent creature, so utterly unlike ourselves that--\" He stopped short.","brand":"BDP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074017083632,"sku":"2940014555630","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014555630_p0.jpg?v=1763611090","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014555630","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}