{"product_id":"book-kpax","title":"Mr. Meek Plays Polo","description":"\u003cp\u003eMr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. Simak - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr. Meek was having his troubles. First, the educated bugs worried him; then the welfare worker tried to stop the Ring Rats' feud by enlisting his aid. And now, he was a drafted space-polo player-a fortune bet on his ability at a game he had never played in his cloistered life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sign read:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtomic Motors Repaired. Busted Plates Patched Up. Rocket Tubes Relined. Wheeze In, Whiz Out!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt added, as an afterthought, in shaky, inexpert lettering:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Fix Anything.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Oliver Meek stared owlishly at the sign, which hung from an arm attached to a metal standard sunk in solid rock. A second sign was wired to the standard just below the metal arm, but its legend was faint, almost illegible. Meek blinked at it through thick-lensed spectacles, finally deciphered its scrawl:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk About Educated Bugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bit bewildered, but determined not to show it, Meek swung away from the sign-post and gravely regarded the settlement. On the chart it was indicated by a fairly sizeable dot, but that was merely a matter of comparison. Out Saturn-way even the tiniest outpost assumes importance far beyond its size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slab of rock was no more than five miles across, perhaps even less. Here in its approximate center, were two buildings, both of almost identical construction, semi-spherical and metal. Out here, Meek realized, shelter was the thing. Architecture merely for architecture's sake was still a long way off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the buildings was the repair shop which the sign advertised. The other, according to the crudely painted legend smeared above its entrance lock, was the \u003cem\u003eSaturn Inn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the rock was landing field, pure and simple. Blasters had leveled off the humps and irregularities so spaceships could sit down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49534792794416,"sku":"BDkpax","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kpax-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770776221","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kpax","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}