{"product_id":"a-trip-to-venus-john-munro-9781544050676","title":"A Trip to Venus","description":"While I was glancing at the Times newspaper in a morning train for London my eyes fell on the following item: - A STRANGE LIGHT ON MARS.-On Monday afternoon, Dr. Krueger, who is in charge of the central bureau at Kiel, telegraphed to his correspondents: - \"Projection lumineuse dans région australe du terminateur de Mars observée par Javelle 28 courant, 16 heures.-Perrotin.\" In plain English, at 4 a.m., a ray of light had been observed on the disc of the planet Mars in or near the \"terminator\"; that is to say, the zone of twilight separating day from night. The news was doubly interesting to me, because a singular dream of \"Sunrise in the Moon\" had quickened my imagination as to the wonders of the universe beyond our little globe, and because of a never-to-be-forgotten experience of mine with an aged astronomer several years ago. This extraordinary man, living the life of a recluse in his own observatory, which was situated in a lonely part of the country, had, or at any rate, believed that he had, opened up a communication with the inhabitants of Mars, by means of powerful electric lights, flashing in the manner of a signal-lantern or heliograph. I had set him down as a monomaniac; but who knows? perhaps he was not so crazy after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Munro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1544050674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781544050676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"John Munro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965279224063,"sku":"9781544050676","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84a0d799-1844-44f3-8de3-d06d423e2384.jpg?v=1767279466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-trip-to-venus-john-munro-9781544050676","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}