{"product_id":"9781531235437","title":"The Worlds of Joe Shannon","description":"Strumming a harp while floating on a white cloud might be Paradise for some people, but it would bore others stiff. Given an unlimited chance to choose your ideal world, what would you specify-palaces or log cabins?\u003cp\u003eI'll take beer, son, and thanks again for the offer. As you can see, I'm kinda down on my luck. I know what you're thinking, but I'm not really on the bum. I usually make out all right-nothing fancy, mind you, but it's a living. Odd jobs in the winter and spring, follow the harvests in the summer and fall. Things are slack right now.\u003cbr\u003eYou? Electronics, huh? Used to know a fellow in electronics....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name was Joe Shannon, used to work for Stellar Electric up in Fremont. Young fellow, not more'n twenty-five or so. Rail thin, wispy hair, serious look-you know, the one suit, absent-minded type. Joe was a brain. A triple-A, gold-plated, genuine genius. Had a wife named Marge. Not beautiful but pretty and a nice figure and a cook you never saw the likes of. Like I say, she was married to Joe but Joe was married to his work and after you'd been around a while, you could tell there was friction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that ain't the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chasma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181584892144,"sku":"9781531235437","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781531235437_p0.jpg?v=1763742019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781531235437","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}