{"product_id":"2940149559046","title":"Greg's \"Frequent Flyer\" Library Science Fiction Volume 2","description":"3-hour, gate-to-gate flight; Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach book in Greg's \"Frequent Flyer\" Library contains stories in one of the following genres:  General Fiction, Sexual Situation, and Science Fiction.  Each book either has a collection of short stories, or two complete novelettes, or a full novel, or a combination of these reading lengths, and is perfect for reading during a flight, on a train, or curled up in the back seat of a car headed for your favorite vacation spot.  According to the School Library Journal (www.slj.com),  250 words per minute is the average reading speed for adults and the reading times for this book have been calculated with this in mind. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3-hour, gate-to-gate; examples are New York to Miami; Los Angeles to New Orleans; Dubai to Cyprus; London to Majorca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \"Frequent Flyer\" book contains one novella and one novelette to provide you with three hours of reading enjoyment.  Wherever you are going and whatever mode of transportation you select, don't sleep...read!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Frequent Flyer\" books contain full, stand-alone literary works\u003cbr\u003eeach having its own unique cover and publishing information,\u003cbr\u003eincluding Acknowledgements and Dedications, if applicable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE POPULATORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe tend to think of our religious figures as perfect and faultless, but perhaps it was not always the case.  Is it possible for a god to make a mistake?  And once the mistake is apparent, what does a god do – admit fault and make a correction, or assume a very human characteristic and attempt to cover up the error?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, what if this \"mistake\" is a purposeful act on someone's part to disturb the calm, continuous development of the Universe under a Supreme Being, who is still discovering Himself?  Who can this entity talk to and who is responsible?  He has established a perfectly logical working situation to what He perceives as the appropriate way to populate the various hunks of rock floating in his environ.  He has divided the stages of development into controllable portions.  The first portion is Seeding, adding the appropriate chemicals and required impetus for the water to hit the hot rock and begin the process of bringing life to the large rock moving through an orbit around a heat source.  The second is Populating, adding the celestial genes to the results of the life that forms.  This is followed by the Distributing portion, which encourages the populace that develops to \"go forth and multiply\" not just on its own rock, but also throughout the galaxy to other rocks.  The final development portion, Gathering is the collection of the souls and yet-living life from the rock when its time is almost over and its work has been completed.  Things should proceed as planned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if they don't?  What if an error is made?  Since there has never been one before, what must He do?  Random patterning has governed his entire existence, so is this simply another learning experience?  Or is this something much more sinister?  As far as He knows, He is the sole Entity of such power and will.  So he thinks, and while he thinks, things progress with the humans and godlings he shepherds.  Are these things that are happening positive or negative?  Is change really good?  Look around you and answer the questions.  Welcome to the Populators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTROJANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis science fiction story is age-old with a new twist.  In Earth's Bronze Age, during the Trojan War, the Greeks used an immense wooden horse as a gift to the people of Troy.  When the Trojans rolled the \"gift\" into their city, they found it contained an army of Greek soldiers who jumped out of the horse and took over the city.  In 2008, Trojana came to Earth and within her was an army from outer-space; but unlike the Trojan Horse of Troy, Trojana, as extraordinarily beautiful young woman of human characteristics had a mind, a heart, and a soul.  She was not a wooden horse; she was a vibrant young woman, and things worked out quite differently.","brand":"DUO Publication \u0026 Documentation R\u0026D","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079681884400,"sku":"2940149559046","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149559046_p0.jpg?v=1763719031","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149559046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}