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Why is grass dying in s straight line west from Brooklyn, NY and east from Eureka, CA? And what happens when they converge?
Chuck Keyson, an EPA analyst in Washington, DC, waits anxiously for his first field assignment. It arrives in the form of a 50-foot swath of dead grass running east to west across Governors Island, across from Brooklyn, NY. His investigation transports him from New York City to the Redwood area of Northern California and finally to the center of Nebraska, where he encounters a literate hobo, all while consuming a detective novel by his favorite author. | |  | | Originated Under Twin Suns
Originated Under Twin Suns is the tale of the Voyager space craft (launched in 1977) and what happens when sentient rocks find wisdom and guidance in the space probe's iconic information plaque that literally falls into their possession.
Frobs, a species of sentient rocks, struggle to stabilize their society— with less than encouraging results—when the Voyager plaque unceremoniously lands on their planet, mounted as the heat shield on an invasive spacecraft. Once the splattered invader pilot has been properly crated up, Frob researchers, with the assistance of some sleazy interstellar consultants, attempt to extract information from the vandalized disk.
The two factions of planet Frobzb's ruling body argue mightily about everything: why their society is failing, what actions to take, the identity and intentions of th | |  | | The Gerfnit Chronicles
The Frobzbians were curious about the inhabitants of a planet orbiting around a distant sun and their rumored unique attributes. Who knew that their mission specialist's presence on Earth would draw so much intergalactic attention, not all friendly?
The Frobzbians were merely curious about the inhabitants of the third planet orbiting around a distant sun. The natives were rumored to have unique attributes that the Frobzbians wanted to understand.
At least, that's the way the mission started.
But when Gerfnit the mission specialist, surgically altered to look like an Earthling child, decided it wanted to make a return visit after an enjoyable summer at camp, Earth suddenly drew the attention of several other planets and species, not all with friendly intentions. Now, both the planet Earth and Gerfnit were in grave da |
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