How has there not been another Tolkien? We have rooms full of writers that all work together to refine and polish products to a disgusting corporate shine, how is not one of them working on a massive project all by himself?
If aliens ever invade it will be for cheese. We are the only planet in the entire universe producing dairy. Think about it, people always say that UFOs kidnap cows, well they're probably trying to figure out how to make ice cream.
Imagine if bands were just names and members didn't matter and were interchangeable... horrifyingly dystopian, but not outside the realm of corporate possibility.