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Terraformers Flying Moose Battle Corporate Real Estate
Set in the far future, these excerpts from Annalee Newitz's novel The Terraformers follow the lives of specialized environmental workers on the planet Sask-E. The story centers on Destry, a ranger who discovers an underground civilization of Homo archaeans that has survived secretly for millennia. These inhabitants and their sentient allies, including intelligent moose and conscious trains, eventually clash with the profit-driven Verdance Corporation over land rights and ecological management. As corporate interests threaten the biosphere, the characters uncover stolen genetic data and legal…
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