Towing Jehovah
God is dead, and Anthony Van Horne must tow the corpse to the Arctic (to preserve Him from sharks and decomposition). En route Van Horne must also contend with ecological guilt, a militant girlfriend, sabotage both natural and spiritual, and greedy hucksters of oil, condoms, and doubtful ideas....
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God is dead, and Anthony Van Horne must tow the corpse to the Arctic (to preserve Him from sharks and decomposition). En route Van Horne must also contend with ecological guilt, a militant girlfriend, sabotage both natural and spiritual, and greedy hucksters of oil, condoms, and doubtful ideas. Winner of a 1995 World Fantasy Award.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156002103 (0156002108)
Publish date: April 24th 1995
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Pages no: 371
Edition language: English
Series: Godhead (#1)
This is a hard one to decide what to think about it. It's a Vonnegut-esque farce: the giant corpse of God is found floating in the mid-Atlantic. Hijinks ensue. The author seems to have done his homework, leading discussions on Kant, theodicy, and similar while a WWII re-enactment society, Atlantis, ...
PJ's got me keen for a reread, because I remember almost nothing. Unlike others of Morrow's novels, I never really felt like I got this one. It's odd, but I'm not sure what Morrow's point was.
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