Thomas theorizes that the vanished alien races retreated into computer-simulation worlds to live forever but one race plans to turn the star Betelgeuse into a supernova and thus fry both Earth and Forhilnor. Meanwhile, in a rather absurd subplot, a couple of fundamentalist, abortion-clinic bombers plot to destroy the museum's “bogus” collection of Burgess Shale fossils. Thomas, an avowed atheist, debates endlessly with Hollus. Still other worlds developed intelligent life but were then abandoned by their inhabitants. The universe itself, according to the aliens, is evidence of intelligent design, though God ignores individuals and doesn't communicate. The Forhilnor hypothesize that God's trying to encourage the development of intelligent life. Part of this proof concerns the numerous extinction events that have occurred on Earth: they also occurred, with precisely identical timing, on planet Forhilnor, planet Wreed, etc. The Forhilnor, named Hollus, claims to have scientific proof of the existence of God. This turns out to be lung cancer–sufferer Thomas Jericho. When an alien shuttlecraft lands near the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, its spider-like alien occupant demands to be taken to a paleontologist.
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