Calculating God: Library Edition

from ttavenner

I was captivated from the first page of this book. It starts with a whimsical chapter reminiscent of Douglas Adams before delving into a much deeper story. There were enough plot twists to keep the story going and some very interesting theological speculation. I thought the atheism of the main ch...

from PitcherBooks

An intriguing and thought provoking read. Advanced alien civilizations view God as a scientific fact. First contact is made between a visiting alien theist scientist and a human agnostic scientist who work together to share their species' knowledge and who become friends along the way. A wonderfu...

from angharad_reads

Decent science-fiction novel of a certain type. Not my favourite type. I didn't really dig Clarke's "Childhood's End", for example. Short summary: ID is true (and rehashed ad nauseam), as also demonstrated by the five major extinction events which took place at the same time on at least three sen...

from Coruca

At long last, aliens land on Earth. Incredulously, they do not go to any center of government nor to Area 51 but to Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. On top of this, the alien, who looks like a giant six-legged, two-armed golden-brown spider, is not interested in conquest or site seeing, but in ex...

from nillacat

My favorite book by Sawyer. His most sympathetic main characters. The physics and the philosophy fit perfectly into the stories and never overwhelm the characters. Has all of the wonder of the best Arthur Clarke stories, but with well-drawn characters with whom you can identify and for whom you c...