{"product_id":"9781612101712","title":"Ticket to Venus","description":"Markham was sure space travel was not yet possible. Then how could this unknown agency dare sell tickets to other planets? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt \u003cbr\u003eThe office had appeared as if by magic. One day the suite of rooms was empty, the next day furniture was being moved in. The third day the office was open for business. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sign painter was busy lettering the front door as Markham passed it on his way to his own modest office. \u003cbr\u003eSARTIN LINES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt noon, when Markham started out to lunch, he saw that other words had been added to the door. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL TICKET OFFICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTickets here for\u003cbr\u003eLUNA\u003cbr\u003eMARS\u003cbr\u003eVENUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps nothing that could have happened, short of death itself, would have hit him harder than these three words lettered on the door. LUNA. MARS. VENUS. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the information discreetly conveyed by the lettering on this door, they were selling tickets to the planets right here in this office, just as, down on the first floor, they were selling airline tickets to Europe, Asia, and the islands of the far seas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis-- in 1951!","brand":"eStar Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134228906224,"sku":"9781612101712","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612101712_p0.jpg?v=1763842701","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612101712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}