The Jesus Incident
Essef - A small group of human colonists on the planet Pandora are engaged in a struggle for survival. A determined group of colonists are attempting to establish a bridgehead on the planet Pandora, despite the savagery of the native lifeforms, as deadly as they are inhospitable. But they have...
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Essef - A small group of human colonists on the planet Pandora are engaged in a struggle for survival. A determined group of colonists are attempting to establish a bridgehead on the planet Pandora, despite the savagery of the native lifeforms, as deadly as they are inhospitable. But they have more to deal with than just murderous aliens: their ship's computer has been given artificial consciousness and has decided that it is a God. Now it is insisting - with all the not inconsiderable force of its impressive array of armaments to back it up - that the colonists find appropriate ways to worship It.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780708880616 (0708880614)
Publish date: 1980
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 405
Edition language: English
Series: Destination: Void (#2)
This is my favorite book of all time. I've read it numerous times and own several copies although it's out of print. I gave a little seminar thing on it once. I tried to use it as the foundation of my Master's thesis but my advisor said there was too much to say about it and to save it for my PhD. A...