{"product_id":"2940045316323","title":"Grand Theft Planetary \u0026 other stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrand Theft Planetary is a collection of fifteen short stories released as a precursor to the forthcoming H L Jones novel, \"Ragnar Blaise’s High Idea\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrand Theft Planetary – A bored celebrity decides to steal an entire planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Life is Saved – If at first you don't succeed... A man who can turn back time persuades a desperate beauty to go to bed with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Afar – The first man on Mars is forced to find another home while pursued by a horrific creature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnology Fails Me – An IT Technician working for a tyrannical corporation helps a computer to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern Glass – A shallow businessman visits his daughter between social appointments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMan Alone – Wandering across an apocalyptic England, one man struggles to survive against UFOs, strange mutated beasts, and a one hundred foot tall metal giant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarriers – World War 3 erupts due to a desirable alien artifact.Murve’s Dog – A penniless heart-broken man adopts an equally-pitiful dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBud and Rufus Play Dare – Two housemates play a destructive game of poker where the loser is forced to do a dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Rule – The newly-elected President is given some shocking news about the human race - and the part he needs to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Theoretical Question – Two students misappropriate the university’s newest asset to answer an age-old question; how many babies can a man take on in a fight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime and Punishment – A shy intellectual starts work at Time and Punishment, a time-travelling prison facility where the world’s most notorious mass-murderer is plotting his escape – and the ultimate act of homicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarming – The rulers of the world contemplate culling the world in order to save it from an outside entity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Visual Masterpiece – A university scholar becomes obsessed with a woman who offers him a taste of the world’s pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTicket – On the anniversary of his friend’s departure, a shambling recluse remembers the events of that fateful day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HL Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072117391600,"sku":"2940045316323","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045316323_p0.jpg?v=1763973698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045316323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}