{"product_id":"2940032914709","title":"The Puppy Of Doom And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Puppy of Doom and Other Stories\" is a collection of science fiction short stories. Several are future war stories set about two hundred years hence. Several more are speculative pieces set in the near future. All are hard science fiction with several inspired by real scientific breakthroughs in robotics and biotech engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy: An alien (Gemini) finds that doing the right thing is sometimes harder than it looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Assignment: Saving the human race could get an alien killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTank: What if you volunteered to be turned into a machine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lost Calvary: Waking up at the bottom of an ocean, a Cybertank must find out what happened and why it's chained down!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Upgrade: On route to a colony world, a surprise attack strands a Cybertank in space!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Puppy of Doom: The newly elected president discovered the Nation's closest guarded secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Shadow of Giants : Fighting against the evil Qwelleron empire, Ian discovers that they are merely insects...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark of the Civilized: Picking up the pieces after the human\/Qwelleron war is easier said then done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce Upon a Domesticon: A short comedy about the joy of owning a robot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert's Bio-Pet: A bitter-sweet comedy about owning a genetically engineered animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Perfect Food: The perfect bio-engineered food is successfully produced and marketed. But instead of making an executive rich, it causes the end of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Stilwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077194039536,"sku":"2940032914709","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940032914709_p0.jpg?v=1763655476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940032914709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}