{"product_id":"9780765322890","title":"Calculating God : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCalculating God\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robert J. Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalculating God is the new near-future SF thriller from the popular and award-winning Robert J. Sawyer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn alien shuttle craft lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. A six-legged, two-armed alien emerges, who says, in perfect English, \"Take me to a paleontologist.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt seems that Earth, and the alien's home planet, and the home planet of another alien species  traveling on the alien mother ship, all experienced the same five  cataclysmic events at about the same time (one example of these \"cataclysmic events\" would be the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs).  Both alien races believe this proves the existence of God: i.e. he's obviously been playing with the evolution of life on each of these  planets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom this provocative launch point, Sawyer tells a fast-paced, and morally and intellectually challenging, SF story that  just grows larger and larger in scope. The evidence of God's universal  existence is not universally well received on Earth, nor even  immediately believed. And it reveals nothing of God's nature. In fact.  it poses more questions than it answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a supernova  explodes out in the galaxy but close enough to wipe out life on all  three home-worlds, the big question is, Will God intervene or is this the sixth cataclysm:?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalculating God\u003c\/i\u003e is SF on the grand scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalculating God\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2001 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An enthralling story…. [The] climax [is] an exhilarating and touching glimpse of transcendence.” —\u003ci\u003eStarlog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vigorous speculation…Sawyer ends with some grandeur worthy of vintage Arthur C. Clarke.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sawyer is first and foremost a writer of ideas, some concept that can drive a narrative through to a grand conclusion, one that remains true to science but often achieves that sense of transcendence that Samuel R. Delany once said was the sine qua non of science fiction. This is Sawyer's great strength, and it's fully present in \u003ci\u003eCalculating God\u003c\/i\u003e….A intellectual thriller with real bite.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Edmonton Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated Hugo Award - Nominee (2001)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765322890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40654198636750,"sku":"9780765322890","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_934b1f94-1036-4d83-9302-d1b8df93b046.jpg?v=1639361496","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765322890","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}