{"product_id":"9781429982450","title":"Terraforming Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon. From Tycho Base, men and women are able to observe the devastated planet and wait for a time when return will become possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerations pass. Cloned children have had children of their own, and their eyes are raised toward the giant planet in the sky which long ago was the cradle of humanity. Finally, after millennia of waiting, the descendants of the original refugees travel back to a planet they've never known, to try and rebuild a civilization of which they've never been a part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fate of the earth lies in the success of their return, but after so much time, the question is not whether they can rebuild an old destroyed home, but whether they can learn to inhabit an alien new world-Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jack Williamson has always been one of science fiction's truly great storytellers.\" -Poul Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I have no hesitation in placing Jack Williamson on a plane with two other American giants, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein.\" -Arthur C. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46433014808817,"sku":"9781429982450","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781429982450_p0.jpg?v=1766596826","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429982450","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}