A maze of death
Book - 1994
The theology in this novel is not an analog of any known religion. It stems from an attempt made by William Sarill and myself to develop an abstract, logical system of religious thought, based on the arbitrary postulate that God exists. Fourteen strangers came to Delmak-O. Thirteen of them were transferred by the usual authorities. One got there by praying. But once they arrived on that planet whose very atmosphere seemed to induce paranoia and psychosis, the newcomers found that even prayer was useless. For on Delmak-O, God is either absent or intent on destroying His creations.
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- Genres
- Science fiction
- Published
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New York :
Vintage Books
1994.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books edition
- Physical Description
- xiv, 192 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN
- 9780679752981
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