{"product_id":"2940148762683","title":"The Populators","description":"\"What do you mean the wrong planet?\" Timin, the God of Evmin asked his cousin, Kranis, the God of Tallmere. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"I was only off a couple of million light years,\" Kranis whined, \"What's a little distance, anyway?  Besides, we're family...\" he added.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey both knew the order of things.  First you get a planet to form itself, wait for an indigenous life form to develop, modify it to the Universe's standard for humans, seed it with celestial genes, parent the population, distribute it throughout the Universe, gather up the results and take them back to the Kova.  A planet's a planet.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimin scowled, \"Everyone knows how the Universe works.  You create spaceships in the natural form of a planet or moon and you get the job done and move on.  But it's the WRONG planet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKranis studied his cousin and said, \"My sycoss is bigger than your sycoss.  I have big Tallmere and you have little Evmin.  I seed, you populate.  Your illustrious father, Sashwa-He Ontine, the supreme power in the Universe is contemplating what to do.  He said not to tell your mother until he comes up with an answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimin smiled knowingly, \"Size doesn't matter, cousin.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It depends on who you ask, cousin,\" Kranis shot back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimin sighed, \"It's still the wrong planet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of this book is simple, humorous, and fun;, it is filled with universal facts, and has a happy ending.  Enjoy Kranis and Timin, Arlonis, the God of the wrong planet, Ersa, the Lords of the Land, the Altergotts, Scribes and others in this science fiction gem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTake a light-hearted romp through a serious topic - how did we come to inhabit our own rock in the Universe, and why.","brand":"DUO Publications \u0026 Documentation R\u0026D","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108959011056,"sku":"2940148762683","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148762683_p0.jpg?v=1763708151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148762683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}