{"product_id":"2940015763201","title":"The God in the Box","description":"[Sidenote: In the course of his Special Patrol duties Commander John\u003cbr\u003eHanson resolves the unique and poignant mystery of \"toma annerson.\"]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a story I never intended to tell. I would not even tell it now\u003cbr\u003eif it were not for the Zenians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstand that I do not dislike the Zenians. One of the best officers\u003cbr\u003eI ever had was a Zenian. His name was Eitel, and he served under me on\u003cbr\u003ethe old _Tamon_, my first command. But lately the Zenians have made\u003cbr\u003erather too much of the exploits of Ame Baove.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of the Universe gives him credit, and justly, for making\u003cbr\u003ethe first successful exploration in space. Baove's log of that trip is\u003cbr\u003ea classic that every school-child knows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I have a number of friends who are natives of Zenia, and they fret\u003cbr\u003eme with their boastings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, Hanson,\" they say, \"your Special Patrol Service has done\u003cbr\u003ewonderful work, largely under the officership of Earth-men. But after\u003cbr\u003eall, you have to admit that it was a Zenian who first mastered space!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps it is just fractiousness of an old man, but countless\u003cbr\u003erepetitions of such statements, in one form or another, have irritated\u003cbr\u003eme to the point of action--and before going further, let me say, for\u003cbr\u003ethe benefit of my Zenian friends, that if they care to dig deeply\u003cbr\u003eenough into the archives, somewhere they will find a brief report of\u003cbr\u003ethese adventures recorded in the log of one of my old ships, the\u003cbr\u003e_Ertak_, now scrapped and forgotten. Except, perhaps, by some few like\u003cbr\u003emyself, who knew and loved her when she was one of the newest and\u003cbr\u003efinest ships of the Service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI commanded the _Ertak_ during practically her entire active life.\u003cbr\u003eThose were the days when John Hanson was not an old man, writing of\u003cbr\u003ebrave deeds, but a youngster of half a century, or thereabouts, and\u003cbr\u003efull of spirit. Sometimes, when memory brings back those old days, it\u003cbr\u003eseems hard for me to believe that John Hanson, Commander of the\u003cbr\u003e_Ertak_, and old John Hanson, retired, and a spinner of ancient yarns,\u003cbr\u003eare one and the same--but I must get on to my story, for youth is\u003cbr\u003eimpatient, and from \"old man\" to \"old fool\" is a short leap for a\u003cbr\u003eyouthful mind.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074288697584,"sku":"2940015763201","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015763201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}