{"product_id":"tales-from-the-white-hart-by-arthur-c-clarke","title":"Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom outside it was simply an ordinary looking London pub, a place you'd have to be guided to more than once before you memorized it's location, somewhere between Fleet Street \u0026amp; the Embankment. But, if by chance, an insider led you to the White Hart on a Wednesday night, you would have found yourself in the midst of a select gathering or writers, editors, scientists \u0026amp; interested layman--drinking, swapping odd bits of information, \u0026amp;, like as not, listening to Harry Purvis' memorable stories.\u003cbr\u003eA scientist by profession, Harry Purvis has had or heard about some of the most astonishing experiences--like the story of the carnivorous orchid that was used in a murder plot, or the one about the military computer that was converted to pacifism. There's SILENCE PLEASE, involving a spurned lover \u0026amp; a device that was supposed to destroy sound; \u0026amp; BIG GAME HUNT, in which an ambitious researcher becomes so wrapped up in his latest projest--controlling animal behavior with electrical impulses-- that he overlooks one tiny important detail. Such stories may challenge your powers of logic \u0026amp; strain your imagination. Yet even if you doubt their veracity, they're guaranteed to provide you with hours of SF reading. Baron Munchausen, step aside.\u003cbr\u003eSilence Please; Big Game Hunt; Patent Pending; Armaments Race; Critical Mass; The Ultimate Melody; The Pacifist; The Next Tenants; Moving Spirit; The Man Who Ploughed the Sea; The Reluctant Orchid; Cold War; What Goes Up; Sleeping Beauty \u0026amp; The Defenestration of Ermintrude\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059039629386,"sku":"6936m","price":6.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6936m.jpg?v=1786596419","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/tales-from-the-white-hart-by-arthur-c-clarke","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}