On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne has landed on Hamal. His assignment: to detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet's population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of “gods” on this planet-and the people here place certain expectations on their gods.
The Godmakers is an expansion of four short stories written from 1958-1960. It is an exploration of the concepts of war and peace, government and relgion.
On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne has landed on Hamal. His assignment: to detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet's population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of “gods” on this planet-and the people here place certain expectations on their gods.
The Godmakers is an expansion of four short stories written from 1958-1960. It is an exploration of the concepts of war and peace, government and relgion.
| BN ID: | 2940169576108 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 03/31/2014 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
Short stories have always occupied a singular status in the literary world, and are often considered at a remove from novels in terms of conception, structure, and execution. But in sci-fi and fantasy, short stories are also often literary icebergs—tales with so many ideas hiding unseen below the surface that their authors later adapted the […]
