Arthur Curtis is a businessman planning a vacation with his wife. One day, he finds that his phone no longer works, and discovers his office to be a set on a sound stage. He is told that Arthur Curtis is merely a role he is playing, and his real name is Gerry Raigan, an alcoholic movie star caught in the middle of a brutal divorce and a declining career. He tries to locate Arthur Curtis's house, but cannot find any evidence of it, and Raigan's agent tells him that the movie, called The Private World of Arthur Curtis, is being cancelled because the filmmakers believe that Raigan has had a nervous breakdown. Raigan/Curtis rushes back to the set, which is being dismantled, and demands not to be left in the uncaring world of Gerry Raigan. Curtis reappears in his office as it was before, just as his wife arrives. As he hears echoes of the studio sounds, he tells her that he doesn't want to lose her and that they should leave for their vacation immediately. Meanwhile in the "real" world Raigan's agent shows up on the set to find that Raigan has vanished. As the set is being dismantled, a teaser shows the "Arthur Curtis" script left on a table, waiting to be thrown in the rubbish bin.
A World of Difference is a 1990 science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove.
Plot introduction
The book begins with a space voyage that departed Earth in an alternate 1989. In the universe of the book, the fourth planet from the Sun, in the orbit occupied by Mars in our reality, is named Minerva, which is similar in size and makeup to Earth.
Plot summary
When the Viking 1 space probe lands on Minerva in 1976 it takes a picture of a native Minervan wielding a primitive tool, thus proving the existence of intelligent life on other worlds.
The main action of the story involves separate American and Soviet missions, who both pay lip service to non-interference with Minervan society, but in the course of their research, the teams' respective political ideologies inevitably come to the fore. This leads the teams and their commanders back home to use the Minervans in a transparent analogy to Third World/Cold War proxy conflicts on Earth. One of the Americans saves the life of a female Minervan after she gives birth. Eventually Minervans get their hands on high tech items like steel hatchets, rubber rafts, and finally AK-74s, which severely disrupt their way of life.
Verse One Somewhere in the world a child is wanting. An aching heart is lonely a voice is waiting to be heard. Somewhere in the night a soul is seeking. A dreamer is believing the future will get brighter. Only GOD can make a dream come true. So let HIM reach the world with me and you. Chorus We can make a world of difference. With the love of GOD we can change the world. We can shine the light that overcomes the darkness. Spreading hope across the land. Heart to heart and hand in hand. We can make a world of difference. With the love of GOD. Verse Two In GOD’S eyes there is no color. Then we can love each other and learn to give ourselves away. Because we have a faith in common. There's hope for each tomorrow. Forgetting all our yesterdays. We've come too far just to see through each other. Now we must see each other through. I wanna help to see you through. Repeat Chorus Bridge Love can tear down the walls that separate us. Love can set every prisoner free. God's love can settle any confrontation. Heal all nations. Heal all nations.
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