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Le onzième commandement.
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Le onzième commandement.
As the Supreme Court was considering if the 10 Commandments were appropriate decoration in public schools in the '60s, sf writer & history professor Lester del Rey was pondering what might be the result of established state religion. He set the stage for such in The 11th Commandment.
Following a nuclear exchange which destroyed the Vatican, a new pontiff was elected by...more
Following a nuclear exchange which destroyed the Vatican, a new pontiff was elected by...more
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by Fleuve Noir - Collection Anticipation
(first published January 1962)
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In 1962, before “the pill” and before Roe v. Wade, Lester del Rey (whose name would soon become synonymous with Ballantine Science Fiction) wrote The Eleventh Commandment. Perhaps, del Rey was disillusioned with the Catholic position on birth control in the years before Dr. Paul Erlich set society on fire with his The Population Bomb. Perhaps, del Rey was reacting to the hottest years of the Cold War (culminating in the “Cuban Missile Crisis” later in 1962) and the potential for nuclear war to d...more
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. . . What a pleasant surprise this two dollar (ten dollars shipping) book has been! No, the writing continues to be pedestrian, the plot is perhaps a little contrived at times, the characters are more stock and wooden then the yard at Totem down on 51st (that’s local, Edmonton colour), but . . .
This is a sort of mainstream, white bread work from 1962 somehow filled with drugged-out orgies in churches, socially sanctioned adultery, and empowered (in an odd way) women. . .
My whole review can be f...more
This is a sort of mainstream, white bread work from 1962 somehow filled with drugged-out orgies in churches, socially sanctioned adultery, and empowered (in an odd way) women. . .
My whole review can be f...more
It started off strong, and as with many of these dystopian sci-fi novels, the metaphor has only gotten stronger with time, but the end read like the conclusion of a 15-page college paper someone had due in three hours.
Apr 03, 2010
Stephen
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3.5 stars. This was a really good novel and much better than I had expected it to be. Well written, with a good plot and taking on some very serious subject matter (i.e., the take over of the government by the Church and the institution of the Eleventh Commandment). In my opinion, what really places this book ahead of many other books from the period (the 1960's) is the ending which was completely unexpected and unusual for this type of story. I won't give it away but it was certainly a shock. A...more
Feb 05, 2011
Erik Graff
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Recommends it for:
Del Rey fans
Recommended to Erik by:
no one
Shelves:
sf
This a better than average science fiction novels owing to its relevance to current affairs and particularly interesting to me for its religious angle.
It's been a long time since I read this, but I recall thinking that it was a step above most of the pulp sci-fi from its era.
This isn't the world's best written book but it is thought-provoking.
When I originally read it, it had me thinking a lot about religion and about the reasons that established churches have made the rules that they have made (and, in my opinion, have totally forgotten the original reasons).
In my opinion, a lot of the rules that many established churches have about homosexuality, gender roles, marriage, and birth control fall back into the category of fear of dwindling and becoming unimportant or...more
When I originally read it, it had me thinking a lot about religion and about the reasons that established churches have made the rules that they have made (and, in my opinion, have totally forgotten the original reasons).
In my opinion, a lot of the rules that many established churches have about homosexuality, gender roles, marriage, and birth control fall back into the category of fear of dwindling and becoming unimportant or...more
Mar 12, 2013
Davide Nicora
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2 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
science-fiction
Sep 18, 2012
Emiliano Barbaini
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4 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
casa-roviano,
nord-collana-oro
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Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.
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