{"product_id":"2940171728847","title":"One Was Stubborn","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThings are disappearing. Parts of buildings, parts of people, parts of the whole world-they¿re here today, gone tomorrow. Old Shellback-a character as crazy-smart as Christopher Lloyd in \u003ci\u003eBack to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e-thinks he needs glasses. But all he really has to do is open his eyes . . . and see the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOr so says George Smiley-otherwise known as the Messiah. George claims that the reason things are vanishing is because he wants them to go away. He has no more use for the world . . . and so it goes. Say goodbye. But Old Shellback has a different idea, and since he is the most stubborn man in the universe, you might want to hear him out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat¿s Shellback¿s idea? That two can play at this game. While George is making this world disappear, Old Shellback will make another one appear. Join him on an amazing odyssey-as he heads back to a future of his own making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the spring of 1938, Hubbard¿s stature as a writer was well established. As author and critic Robert Silverberg puts it: he had become a ¿master of the art of narrative.¿ Hubbard¿s editors urged him to apply his gift for succinct characterization, original plot, deft pacing and imaginative action to a genre that was new, and essentially foreign, to him-science fiction and fantasy. The rest is Sci-Fi history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso includes the Science Fiction adventures,\u003c\/i\u003e A Can of Vacuum, \u003ci\u003ein which a practical joke on a space station proves that a good sense of humor is timeless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e 240,000 Miles Straight Up, \u003ci\u003ethe thrilling story of a race to the moon . . . and the one man who may be able to save the earth from Armageddon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Galaxy Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150943437040,"sku":"2940171728847","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171728847_p0.jpg?v=1763742652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171728847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}