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«I’m not thinking of a god whose imperfection arises out of the candor of his human creators, but one whose imperfection represent his essential characteristic: a god limited in his omniscience and power, fallible, incapable of foreseeing the consequences of his acts, and creating things that lead to horror. He is a… sick god, whose ambitions exceed his powers and who does not realize it at first. A god who has created clocks, but not the time they measure. He has created systems or mechanisms t
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A good science fiction story for 1961. The non-humanoid alien life-form is a plus. I have a few too many unanswered questions remaining in the end. Too, too much description at points.
Half ghost story, half dissertation.
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