UMA Professor Of Biological Science Robert Klose’s new novel, “Life on Mars,” was an Award-Winning Finalist in the Humor category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest.
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Life on Mars takes a satirical look at evolution vs. Intelligent Design 鈥� a sort of feint by anti-evolutionists to get creationism into the classroom by assiduously avoiding the mention of God. Instead, reference is made to a 鈥渉igher鈥� or 鈥渟uperior鈥� intelligence. The novel鈥檚 conceit is this: what if the Intelligent Design folks are right and the evolutionists are wrong
What if a higher intelligence did indeed get the ball of creation rolling, only the intelligence wasn鈥檛 God but an alien race (“The Spong”) that had seeded earth as a botanical garden eons ago, only to return to find it contaminated with humans
In preparation for a “Treatment” to correct their error, the Spong assign a human to act as earth鈥檚 final biographer to provide them with proof of why humans just have to go.