Four rooms of The Halvah War exhibit, arranged from Room 1 at the top to Room 4 at the bottom.

Welcome to the Halvah War Exhibit Lobby

From here, you can browse the exhibit at random, follow the story in linear fashion, or combine both methods as you please.

Browse by choosing a Room or one of the Curator's Choices. Follow the story in order by starting at Room 1 and using Begin Story / Continue Story. You can switch between browsing and following the story at any time.

Curator's Choice Guide
  • Room 1: Tosi's Folly is a distillation of the Marine Corps After Action Report prepared by Lt. Tosi in the immediate aftermath of his platoon's attack on the Europan vessel.
  • Room 2: The Marilyns is one of the movie audience participation bits during showings of the comedy(!) about the Europan invasion.
  • Room 3: Ardi Goes Too Far documents the curious and impossible genetic closeness of humans and Europans.
  • Room 4:
  • (1) NYT Interview is Maureen Dowd's interview with Jay Baker, the controversial and very rich founder of the Church of GM (pronounced 'Jim').
  • (2) Scene 47 displays a movie still and the shooting script for scene 47 of the movie GM Class, a Bewitched/Hogan's Heroes mashup directed and produced by Jay Baker of the aforementioned NYT Interview. The scene is not suitable for children.
Room Guide
  • Room 1. General Tosi's firsthand account of the invasion and his own tragic role.
  • Room 2. Hollywood's Halvah Wars in three films.
  • Room 3. Europan science, culture, and cosmology adapt to life on Earth.
  • Room 4. Earth science, culture, and cosmology adapt to Europans on Earth, more or less.
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