Cinema ndi zolemba zamayesero okhudza chikhalidwe cha anthu Ayenera kale kukhala ndi mtundu wawo, Kuyambira pa Truman Show kupita ku dome la Stephen King, nkhani zochulukirapo zikufutikira kutifotokozera masomphenya pakati pa wopangirayo ndi wa ku dystopiya, ngati kubetcha kuti mupeze komwe munthu angatembenukire kuyesera gulu.
Nthawi ino zafika pa TC Boyle yemwe amayenda ngati nsomba m'madzi akamakumana ndi anthu oterewa ndi zosagonjetseka zokhudzana ndi momwe anthu amachitira zosadziwika.
Omwe afika kumene m'chipululu cha Arizona mu 1994, "Los Terranautas", gulu la asayansi asanu ndi atatu (amuna anayi ndi akazi anayi), odzipereka, pokonza chiwonetsero chodziwika bwino pamapulaneti, kuti adzitsekere okha kristalo wotchedwa "Ecosphere 2", yomwe cholinga chake ndi kukhala chiwonetsero chazinthu zakuthambo, zomwe zimafuna kuwonetsa kuti atha kukhala okhaokha padziko lapansi kwa miyezi yambiri ndikukhala okhutira.
Chipilalachi ndi ntchito ya a Jeremiah Reed, owonera zinthu zachilengedwe wotchedwa "DC" - "Mulungu Mlengi" - koma posakhalitsa funso limayamba kufunsa ngati zomwe asayansi apeza zasangalatsa kapena ndizongopeka chabe pepani chifukwa cha kuyesa kwachilengedwe kopambana kwambiri padziko lapansi. Asayansi ayang'aniridwa ndi ofufuza ena, Control Mission, omwe adzawunika mayendedwe awo kuchokera ku "Edene watsopano" uku akukumana ndi masoka owopsa omwe atha kubweretsa tsoka lalikulu.
TC Boyle ikutidabwitsanso ndi buku lodzaza ndi zonena za sayansi, chikhalidwe cha anthu, kugonana komanso koposa zonse, kupulumuka.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku "Terranautas", buku la TC Boyle, apa: