{"product_id":"2940148165774","title":"Tampered Tales","description":"Theme I: The Other is a Mirror into Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe storyteller is an honest liar, for they admit fully to their fiction. However, a tale can be false, yet tell us the truth. For while the adventure speaks of “The Other,” it reflects back upon us what we know to be within ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWry Folk\u003cbr\u003eOh, the age of innocence. A time in childhood where you could clap your hands and say, “I believe in fairies.” Then one such creature is found, only it’s not a fairy and definitely not from this world. Six year old Jesse and her mother quickly learn that things which appear small, harmless and cute potentially bring with them more than one world’s worth of trouble into the house. The binding ties of any civilization of any planet are that they fiercely protect their young and seek their safe return at all costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRed Rover, Red Rover \u003cbr\u003ePeople of the Earth had only their own eyes through which to see themselves. That all changes when the technological eyes of an alien probe comes to our planet in study of the local inhabitants around the world. What future lays ahead of Homo sapiens depends on streams of sensor data and number crunching of the undetectable and seemingly innocent Red Rover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour Days in Backwater \u003cbr\u003eThe Great Coyote chase to build the first faster than light vessel over, America’s U.S.S. Roadrunner is the third place design out of four nations. Yet it is first in FTL speed. It is also the first FTLV to discover traces of civilizations in other solar systems. The crew of U.S.S. Roadrunner are in awe of the aliens they meet, and take precautions the best human minds advise. However, the aliens see under privileged wayward yokels needing to be humored and humbled. Here Homo sapiens discovers all their theories of first contact fall flat on bad premises and do nothing but give the employees of Planet Copan’s truck stop a good laugh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...and more.","brand":"Melange Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148783075568,"sku":"2940148165774","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148165774_p0.jpg?v=1763698770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148165774","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}