{"product_id":"masters-of-evolution-damon-knight-9798590210480","title":"Masters of Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHOWDOWN WITH MONSTERS!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvah Gustad was typical of New York City's twenty million citizens. He took for granted such luxuries as synthetic food and robot-servants, and he knew beyond a doubt that the Cities offered the only acceptable way of life for civilized Man!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut roaming the vast plains between the continent's five Cities, ever growing and expanding, were the dreaded tribes of Muckfeet. In direct antithesis to the City dwellers, these illiterate savages actually \u003cem\u003egrew\u003c\/em\u003e food and \u003cem\u003eraised\u003c\/em\u003e animals. And how they smelled! It was so bad that Alvah could feel his stomach churn at the mere mention of their name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was one thing in the Muckfoot territory that the Cities did need, though--metal ores. And Alvah, faced with the job of liaison to the tribes around New York, had to somehow make his patriotism outweigh his nausea. If he succeeded, the Cities would be monuments to eternity; if he failed, the dreaded Muckfeet would become the MASTERS OF EVOLUTION.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlvah Gustad: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fate of an empire rested on the condition of his stomach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeej Hofmeyer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe looked like a woman, but she smelled like a Muckfoot!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoc Bither: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he raised a kitten, you couldn't be sure if it would turn out to be a cat or a tiger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManager Wytak: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBravery was something he always looked for in other people, but never in himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtie Brumbacher: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe couldn't read or write, but nevertheless he was a scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Finch: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his way of thinking, there was nothing unusual about being a gardener in an Iron Pit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Note: Is an expansion of the novelette \"Natural State.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damon Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798590210480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d","brand":"Damon Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851655688447,"sku":"9798590210480","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/masters-of-evolution-damon-knight-9798590210480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}