Has old pro Dick seen The Light? There've been sf novels with
religious themes before (e.g., Blish's A Case of Conscience,
Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, Zelazny's Lord of Light), but
none as relentlessly theological in tone, texture, and import as
this. God ("Yah"), booted off Earth by the Romans, has taken up
residence on a remote methane-snow planet. And when squatters from
Earth arrive, Yah decides it's time to make a comeback as his own
Messiah. So he contacts dome-dweller Herb Asher (who agrees to
claim God's paternity); impregnates ailing neighbor Rybys Romney;
and journeys to Earth in the latter's womb - a necessary
subterfuge, since Earth is controlled by the Belial-inspired
Christian-Islamic church and the Scientific Legate, with computer
Big Noodle keeping tabs on everyone. Thus reborn on Earth as
Emmanuel, Yah is helped by Elias Tate (who's Elijah reincarnated)
and by girl-of-mystery Zina (who turns out to be the living
embodiment of the Torah) to recover his powers and challenge Belial
for the supremacy. With profuse, muddled plotting in the Dick
manner - though without any of the usual Dick playfulness - this is
destined, perhaps, to be pored over in seminaries; but it's far,
far too heavy to attract many mainstream sf readers. (Kirkus
Reviews)
Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches
of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His
vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically
dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended
animation following a car accident that appears to have taken his
life. As he floats in cryonic suspension he awaits his new spleen
and dreams back through the last six years of his life which reveal
much of his bizarre journey and the battle with Belial, the force
of evil that will stop at nothing to achieve its goal.
General
Imprint: |
Harper Voyager
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 1996 |
First published: |
August 2008 |
Authors: |
Philip K. Dick
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Dimensions: |
197 x 133 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
272 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-648250-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
LSN: |
0-00-648250-3 |
Barcode: |
9780006482505 |
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