- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey; Reissue edition (May 12 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345305493
- ISBN-13: 978-0345305497
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,694,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Hogan skillfully draws the reader into a fascinating philosophical and theological debate, without ever forgetting he's supposed to entertain and tell a good story."
Book Description
Once, long ago, a robot factory-ship flew too near a star unexpectedly gone nova. After suffering extensive damage, it continued blindly for millennia.
A million years passed...
Then, in the twenty-first century, a colony ship destined for Mars was surreptitiously rerouted to Titan...and only the leaders of the military industrial complex knew why.
In addition to its flight crew, the interplanetary transport carried parapsycholoy researchers, linguists, psychologists, representatives of industry, an ambassador...and elite military units from several Western nations. Clearly something was up.
But no one was talking!
A million years passed...
Then, in the twenty-first century, a colony ship destined for Mars was surreptitiously rerouted to Titan...and only the leaders of the military industrial complex knew why.
In addition to its flight crew, the interplanetary transport carried parapsycholoy researchers, linguists, psychologists, representatives of industry, an ambassador...and elite military units from several Western nations. Clearly something was up.
But no one was talking!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating,
This review is from: Code of the Lifemaker (Mass Market Paperback)
James Hogan is the only modern author I know that makes a person thing so deeply while telling such a fascinating story. This is the same thing that makes writers like Tolstoy so memorable. And of course him being this good means that I'm the only one whose hear about him.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Another Interesting Work by Hogan,
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This review is from: Code of the Lifemaker (Mass Market Paperback)
James Hogan's usually blends solid scientific ideas with action paced stories and "Code of the Lifemaker" is one of his most succesfull achievements. The central character, Karl Zambedorf is highly ingenious and likely to be liked by readers. Around him and his travel to Titan, Hogan builds an attractive plot, using ideas from the evolution theory which he seems to address on a basis of strong conviction. Paradoxically enough, in more recent articles, Hogan has revised his ideas on the topic, revealing a reflective man capable of going back some steps and reconsidering his positions.Of course, there are some things that are less convincing in the novel. The trilled (and recurrent in Hogan's work) theme of a confrontation between science and religion is handled quite superficially and some characters in the "wrong" side are defintively cartoonish. All in all, an entertaining ride well worth reading. Watch out for the superb prologue and yes...there is a sequel ("The Inmortality Option").
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good...but not great,
By eddie (Greeneville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Code of the Lifemaker (Mass Market Paperback)
I liked Mr. Hogan's prologue. Interesting primise with the alien creators. I felt the characters come alive through the book and this made it a nice read. I would have liked to seen the author go into more detail on the theological and philosophical points. I think the other readers who gave this book really low ratings missed the whole idea of the book which was about the crimes committed in the name of religion. This point was made clear on the back cover. That being said the book was a nice but simple diversion.
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