So, let’s dive in to some of the ideas I’ve fleshed out a bit and see where things go from there. Is the theme of human conflict with other selves evident yet? In my next piece, I’ll attempt to use this book as an argument against conflict (oh, the hypocrisy!) by outlining the final paradox that I saw in the book. The Jesus Incident contains conflict between humans and the native flora and fauna of Pandora, between humans and humans, and between humans and Ship. I love when authors create religions, I’m making a note that I need to write a post about the utility of religion in scifi. Like the Abrahamic texts from which Herbert sometimes quotes at the start of select chapters, God is testing people to become their best selves through a terrible and vague challenge to worShip satisfactorily. This book centered on a hostile alien planet aptly named Pandora, where a recently-sentient voidShip takes on the role of God to its crew which it had transported from an Earth on the verge of destruction by supernova. If you're looking for sci-fi action adventure, this is probably not for you.Yesterday I wrapped up my first reading of Frank Herbert’s The Jesus Incident, which, unsurprisingly, had very little to do with Jesus. I would highly recommend this book to anybody who is not easily offended and is willing to approach sensitive subjects with an open mind.

Which is what makes it so great, but I think it is easy for people to find offense if they want to. Unfortunately, I also thing both sides can find opposing views in this book. I believe both sides of a religious debate could find their views represented in this book. I could see the religious themes of the story grinding on all sides of religious views. I would like to so I could better understand his influence on the book. I unfortunately have not read Ransom before. Sometimes I think Herbert tries to portray strength in his females by giving them male characteristics (very apparent in this book), and Halley seemed to portray real feminine strength. Halley (it was an audio book so not sure of the spelling) is probably the most refreshing female character I have read in a Herbert book. I suppose they didn't provide a lot of information as to why they we're not liked. I don't understand the reviews that did not like the female characters.

There is not always a huge difference in the voices he gives his characters, but he annunciates clearly and his tone and tempo are always appropriate. read some poor reviews of his performance, I have heard a lot worse on Audible. First of all, Scott Brick is on par with his performance. But I was craving some fresh Herbert style narrative and analysis so went with it anyway. I almost didn't get this story because of so many negative reviews.

The jesus incident by frank herbert