{"product_id":"9781473204171","title":"Beyond The Barrier of Space","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonality has a physical basis and what is in itself bio-chemical can be modified by bio-chemical means. The new formula could dissolve a man's personality into a state of plasticity from which almost any kind of temperament could be re-fashioned. Worlds were at war. With technologies resting in an uneasy equilibrium victory or defeat depended upon morale. Morale depended upon personality. Personality depended upon the new formula! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   A weapon as insidious as that could work both ways. An unscrupulous government could use it to control men's minds to a degree which had never been possible before. The Automatic State lay just around the corner. Bill Stokes and his underground movement were faced with a savage dilemma. Disloyalty could mean defeat for their own people, but to keep faith with the present regime could lead to the end of individual human independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176336965872,"sku":"9781473204171","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473204171_p0.jpg?v=1763599592","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473204171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}