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    Alien Earth
    Alien Earth
    Alien Earth
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    Alien Earth

    By Steven Hill

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    A short story where a science experiment goes awry and changes the world as we know it. And it is all one man's fault...

    Gerard works on a particle accelerator project for the military in a base buried deep beneath the desert sands. It is his life's work, and he has waited years to finally activate his machine. In a flash of light, his world is turned upside down. Gerard finds himself on an unfriendly, alien world bereft of humanity, inhabited by titanic aliens as confused by his presence as he is by theirs. Gerard must find out what has happened to the Earth, and to humanity itself. Is he alone in the universe?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Hill
    Release dateJun 23, 2012
    ISBN9781476187310
    Alien Earth
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    Steven Hill

    Steven Hill is Director of the Political Reform Program for the New America Foundation and author of 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy and other books on politics. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, TheNation, International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, Prospect, and many other publications and websites.

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