{"product_id":"the-early-stuff-paperback-1","title":"The Early Stuff - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Dana Akers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53742450114867,"sku":"9780989996662","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RWE6XYzk4c9780989996662_3ef310c3-2908-4191-98c3-18a98148dc9f.webp?v=1785226029","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-early-stuff-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}