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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.… (plus d'informations)
paradoxosalpha: Naturalistic fantasy fiction that presents absurd features of Christian metaphysics in order to seriously consider their moral and psychological dimensions. Oh, and deicide.
Je ne suis pas arrivée au bout. Autant l'idée de départ me parraissait séduisante, autant son traitement est confus. Il y a bien quelques questions philosophiques mais elles sont trop noyées dans l'absurde. Les comportements déjantés des personnages ne les rendent ni attrayants, ni intéressants. Dur à suivre. ( )
"Morrow makes it happen with Vonnegutian verve and wit and an enviable expertise in fields ranging from seamanship to junk food to Bob Hope routines to theology."
"There's an unnecessary death that deprives the narrative of the perspective of one of its potentially most interesting characters, but this clever novel still stands as a wry, boisterous celebration."
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We have left the land and embarked. We have burned our bridges behind us -- indeed, we have gone farther and destroyed the land behind us. Now, little ship, look out! Beside you is the ocean: to be sure, it does not always roar, and at times it lies spread out like silk and gold and reveries of graciousness. But hours will come when you will realize that it is infinite and that there is nothing more awesome than infinity! Oh, the poor bird that felt free and now strikes the wall of this cage! Woe, when you feel homesick for the land as if it had offered more freedom--and there is no longer any "land." --Friederich Nietzsche, "In the Horizon of the Infinite", The Gay Science
And the Lord said, "Behold ... I will take away mine hand and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.: --The Book of Exodus
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To the memory of my father-in-law, Albert L. Pierce
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The irreducible strangeness of the universe was first made manifest to Anthony Van Horne on his fiftieth birthday, when a despondent angel named Raphael, a being with luminous white wings and a halo that blinked on and off like a neon quoit, appeared and told him of the days to come.
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And then, like those canny Dutch traders who inhabited their blood, they'd set out toward the sun, steady as she goes: the captain and his cabin boy, off with the morning tide.
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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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