- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (Jan 28 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312862636
- ISBN-13: 978-0312862633
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,324,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rob Lewis, an ordinary computer programmer with a wife and two kids, becomes something extraordinary one day after he wakes up and discovers he can read--and control--other people's minds. It's an ability most people dream of having, but for Rob it quickly destroys his life. There is a death, injuries, the threat of warping the lives of his children. Rob flees to New York where, homeless and destitute, he contacts Edwin Barbaross of the National Institutes of Health. Together they travel to Uzbekistan, where Rob will face both the source of his powers and his own inner demons.
From Library Journal
Clough's (An Impossible Summer, Walker, 1992) hardcover debut offers a suburban fantasy in which Rob Lewis wakes up one morning with the ability to read?and, ultimately, influence?the emotions of people around him. Frightened, he leaves home, drifting aimlessly through New York City until he meets microbiologist Edwin Barbarossa, to whom he turns for help. Clough explores power, control, and friendship in a well-crafted psychological study. Recommended.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A favorite of mine,
This review is from: HOW LIKE GOD (Paperback)
I was talking about this book to a friend and flipped open amazon.com to look up the spelling of the author's last name -- and was shocked to see so many negative reviews of this book. It's been a favorite of mine since I found it, worth many rereads.Questions of pacing reflect each reader's own preferences, of course, but for myself I found nothing rushed or unexplained, and I found the ending deeply satisfying. I hesitate to suggest it of strangers, but perhaps other people read this book too quickly and missed the themes so eloquently resolved by this ending. (For some context, I have been a voracious science fiction reader all of my life, with a slight leaning toward space opera and fantasy; I have only small experience with comics.)
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible,
By A Customer
This review is from: HOW LIKE GOD (Paperback)
Please, don't waste your time reading this pedantic book. The author clearly thinks she is a superb writer, but unfortunately has a tin ear.
2.0 out of 5 stars
I read this BOOK! HOLY MIKE!!!,
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This review is from: How Like A God (Hardcover)
How Like a God, really does have an interesting premise, thats the reason I read this book.I thought it would be interesting to see how the power of a God would effect a regular human. What would he do with it? How will it change him? Although this book attempts to take on these issues, it just seems like the are all half hearted attempts. Ultimately this book leaves one feeling unsatisfied. It is also worth commenting that the books dialouge is so silly and child like at times, it appears that the author simply is attempting her hand at some form of satire. The character repeatedly yells " Holy Mackerel ", and my personal Favorite " Holy Mike!"
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