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Introduction to Planet Orn
Far across the galaxy, or perhaps closer than we think, there is a little, Earth-sized planet, named Orn, that
has 17 tiny moons. Not many people on Earth know about this planet, and even fewer people know about the
strange and wonderful beings there on the planet and moons. However, I and my fellow xenohistorians (individuals
who prefer to remain anonymous) have uncovered a rich body of literature from this planet and significant proof of its existence.
Furthermore, we know that advanced beings from this planet have been visiting our Earth for thousands of years, as
evidenced by the significant impact of ancient Ornian tales on the mythology and literature of our planet. Some
of these visits have even occurred in contemporary times, with famous Earth writers often finding themselves in the presence
of these Ornian aliens. Sophocles himself said, “One
word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is Orn. And Groucho
Marx said, “Well, Orn is Orn, isn't
it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them
like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.” Oscar Wilde rarely stopped talking about Ornians until he was put in
jail for 2 years. "There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know
absolutely everything about Orn, and people who know absolutely nothing." Of course, the quotes from famous Earth writers have been changed by those
who either didn’t hear them correctly or don’t believe in Orn. Our understanding of Orn and Ornian culture & history is obviously skewed by the
fact that we do not have an incredible diversity of literature to draw upon, and most of it was written within a timespan
of less than 150 years. Surprisingly, there is an extreme bias toward the writings of a very small subset
of Ornian writers, primarily from J.P. Homer's School of Lesser Historians.
Certainly, the name of the school does not give one hope that this is the cream of the crop of historians,
and more than one xenohistorian has suggested that this literature might have been sent to Earth as some form of warfare.
I think this is a rather harsh perspective and prefer to believe that Ornians feel Earthlings need to lighten up a
little.
J.D. Peterson
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