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That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made (2011)

by Eric James Stone(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0012258652 (ISBN13: 2940012258656)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Eric James Stone

review 1: While the relationship between the Mormon Branch President and the Scientist was a bit contrived and took away from the story, the ideas of what would happen when a sci-fi universe meets modern religions (and how modern religions have to deal) is fascinating. I wish there was more in this book, honestly, but what was there was very thought provoking. I'd love to see a full novel or novella dealing with the issues presented in this story (human religion amongst aliens, preaching God to beings older than an entire race itself, etc.).
review 2: Often, you will find in Science Fiction stories that attempt to change the readers' mind about some profound thing, such as religion, but often those stories will be written by people not of that community. This story is no... moret like that. Written by a Mormon about a Mormon, it makes no apologies about being a story about a Mormon, and therein lies its strength. It is not a story in which a Mormon loses faith or sees the light. It's a story in which the characters stay true to themselves. It's a story about the amusing consequences of mission work (in space, with really, really cool aliens). If you want, you can draw some amusing parellels with missionary work by early Europeans, but that's not mandatory. It's a great story about a world and a religion about which I, not being religious at all, know very little. I thoroughly enjoyed it. less

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