Tongues of the Moon Author:Philip Jose Farmer Earth colonies on Mars and the Moon witness the destruction of the home planet and know they are not only alone in space but threatened by an ultimate weapon even deadlier than those that destroyed once beautiful Terra. — The fate of the human race hangs in the balance. — This is Science Fiction - but - perhaps less Fiction than Science... — Man's ... more »fate has always been to play deadly games with the enormous forces of the universe ... tempting doom.