B i b l i o f i l e

(Publisher: Little, Brown 2009. 404 pages).
PARALLEL WORLDS OF CAPITALISM, CHRISTIANITY AND TORTURE
 
 Iain Banks writes mainstream novels. He also writes science fiction (SF) novels as Iain M Banks. Potential readers aware of these facts may conclude that the omission of the author’s middle initial from the cover of this book guarantees that it is not [...]

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ET, Phone God
This readable but poorly imagined genre novel is notable for presenting natural theological arguments within the context of an account of First Contact with extraterrestrials.
“Natural theology” is the label applied to attempts to demonstrate the existence of an omnipotent creator by an examination of the characteristics of the natural world.
Contemporary science is agreed [...]

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