Close Encounters with the Deity: Stories
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Stated First Printing in Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Rubs at the outer tips and creasing at the head of its spine. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0931948967
ISBN13:9780931948961
Release Date:September 1986
Publisher:Peachtree Publishers
Length:306 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
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Excellent as a collection of theological SF stories
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I respectfully disagree with the previous reviewer regarding the utility of this book. While it is not on the same level as "A Canticle for Leibowitz" it does address the concept of God/Deity/Cosmos in a SciFi setting much more closely than most sci-fi writers do. So, yes, each story may not be a Hugo or Nebula award winner, but taken together they certainly fulfill the title's description of "close encounters" with the deity. Did I come away awakened in a spiritual sense? No, but this is science fiction and not Dietrich Bonhoeffer, so it is important to recognize this as fiction with a religious bent to it. In that form, it is a great collection, which I recommend to anyone interested in the genre.
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