The Snake Oil Wars or Scheherazade Ginsberg Strikes Again (Snake Oil, #2)

Coyul--one of two superior beings that created the Earth--finds himself besieged, with his authority and authenticity questioned and even an attempt made on his life. Title......Page 1 Prologue Godhead, or doing hard time......Page 2 EXTRACT FROM THE TRIAL OF Barion UNAUTHORIZED EXPERIMENTATION AND PREMATURE SEEDING (From Sorlij's testimony)......Page 3 Your teeth are okay but your gums have to come out......Page 4 Hazards of terminal patriotism; enter a blonde......Page 6 Downturns in the deity line......Page 8 4 Children of the century......Page 12 Song of Scheherazade......Page 16 Light Speed......Page 22 Them old live forever, die tomorrow blues......Page 30 After the ball......Page 34 Waltz for cobras......Page 37 I saw the universe once; it was closed . . .......Page 44 Ladies of the hour......Page 51 —And a nice girl from out of town......Page 56 Two views from the summit......Page 71 Now it's time to play "You Bet Your Life"......Page 75 Double-parked in the City of God......Page 82 Christian reconstruction......Page 86 The treacherous Wycherley......Page 92 No worm unturned......Page 98 The more things change . . .......Page 107 ABOUT THE AUTHOR An Apology......Page 114 Sequel to: Waiting for the galactic bus. Continues the tale of mankind's alien creators, Barion and Coyul. Barion must stand trial on their home world while Coyul explains the realities of the universe to the souls in Topside