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Perpetual Light

by Alan Ryan (editor)

3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 · rating details · 11 ratings · 2 reviews

Introductory essay by Alan Ryan
The Pope of the Chimps novelette by Robert Silverberg
Written in Water story by Tanith Lee
The Meat Box story by Daniel Gilbert
Ifrit story by R.A. Lafferty
Contamination story by Richard Bowker
Instant With Loud Voices story by Alan Dean Foster
Firestorm story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Be Fruitful & Multiply story by F. Paul Wilson
The Emigra...more

Mass Market Paperback, 490 pages

Published September 1982 by Warner Books (NYC)

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Mar 09, 2009 yellowbird rated it 1 of 5 stars

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Ironically, in the introduction to this book, the editor states, "There have been anthologies of short science fiction dealing with religion before. In general, they have not been all one might have hoped or expected."
Well, add one more to the list.

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Nov 18, 2011 Erik Graff rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: religion/sf fans

Recommended to Erik by: no one

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This is a decent collection of speculative fiction dealing with religious themes nominated for the Locus Award for best collection.

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