Sin of Origin - Isaac Asimov Presents Author:Barnes Set almost a millennium in the future, in a universe where man has left a ruined Earth and is stratified into three distinct sects (the Christians, Communists, and Arabs) and has yet to encounter an "equivalent society", Barnes spins a captivating yarn on the freshly discovered world of Randall. — In the Christian sphere of influence a world has ... more »been discovered where there are three intelligent species living in symbiosis. This is a great discovery for those who study alien life, since nothing of the sort has ever been encountered, but for the church there are more important considerations -- such as converting the heathen aliens and opening the world to settlement.« less