{"product_id":"the-early-stuff-brian-dana-akers-9780989996662","title":"The Early Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeventeen prescient tales\u003c\/strong\u003e of the near future: from global chaos to our obsession with celebrities, from virtual reality to the final flooding of Calcutta, from genetic engineering to the future of the Internet. A man with a truly perceptive mind sized it all up decades before most people realized what was going down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yale had to admit that Harry was one hell of a listener. The guy just sat there, giving you his complete attention. Talking to Harry was easier than talking to a real person. They chatted about a whole range of topics after Jean: how the spark can go out of science when it becomes a full-time job, how a junior faculty member's job is way more than full-time, recent trends in microbiology, pro basketball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYale looked at his watch and yawned, then glanced back at the screen. His security icon was gone. \"Harry! What happened to my security?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry looked taken by surprise. \"Oh. Your security features were utterly inadequate. I've constructed an impenetrable firewall for you: antiviral defenses, encryption, rigorous authentication, time-management functions, everything.\" Harry hushed his voice and leaned forward. \"Not all agents are trustworthy, you know. Some are secret agents, some are double agents, and those agents provocateurs--whew!\" He clapped himself loudly on the forehead, then peeked through his fingers to catch Yale's reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Dana Akers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0989996662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780989996662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yogavidya.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Brian Dana Akers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799505154303,"sku":"9780989996662","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-early-stuff-brian-dana-akers-9780989996662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}