The Godmakers

In keeping with the Hebert theme, I reread the Godmakers this week. Being a clergyman, it is interesting to follow the themes Hebert raises about divinity, and God.
While this is not doctrine, he explores questions about the duality of God and man, issues faced by Emmanuel, the heart of Christianity. Lewis Orne starts out as an "everyman" and finds himself elevated, discovering the fact that he is actually a god. Talk about winning the lottery!
The Godmakers is a short read, I wish Hebert could have come back to this and developed it into a more complete work. Hebert is at his best taking on big subjects and applying them to the universe. A lot of his themes are being played out around us everyday.

The Dosadi Experiment

So, to start, one of my all time favortite authors is Frank Hebert. Sure everyone has read Dune, and it is rightfully so the benchmark for classic Sci-Fi. But Jorj X McKie is as rich and full a person as Paul Atriedes.
In the Dosadi experiment, one of the four dominant species, the Gowachin has perpetrated a heinous crime against life. They imprisoned a people on a poisen planet and bred them to provide bodies for rich people to swap out their old bodies for. But it got out of hand. McKie has to go to Dosadi and sort it out. I love the idea of the Bureau of Sabotage. There are some fo the classic themes here, A poisen planet to train the faithful, cheating death, prediction, god-type figures. And best of all, how all this impacts upon society.
Read it!

Book reviews

Having recently bought an e-book reader, I thought to set out reviewing the bboks I consume on it. It is a different experience reading on a reader, not turning pages. I read a lot, and I like classic Sci-Fi. Hopefully some of what I read you'll be tempted to try too.