Be the first to ask a question about The Hammer of God I've heard a number of people state that this work was life-changing for them, and I know it's a popular choice among young pastors. The prospect of such an event, which many scientists regard as inevitable, plays out as a subplot in other Clarke novels, including This is an especially important Clarke novel because its central plot is mitigating the threat of an asteroid impact. I anticipate rereading this in the future!Reread this expanded edition after quite a few years since the last time I read the first English edition.
Still, it was a higher grade of writing and intelligence then a large number of science fiction novels out there.
The format of the edition I read was also confusing.
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Even though each of the stories is separated by time and space, there is continuity to the whole book because of its location and the centrality of the Gospel as a solution to each time period’s struggle.Bo Giertz’s book, “The Hammer of God,” covers the theological drama that unfolds in a small Swedish parish of Odesjo over 150 years. I learned about a few new things, notably about the highly efficient, low-maintenance It's good, once in a while, to read a book that you would never chose according to your usual algorithms. The colossal distances of the Solar System are minimized in the narrative, but that is easily overlooked as the story moves quick and wastes no time.It's certainly a short story. Bo Giertz’s book, “The Hammer of God,” covers the theological drama that unfolds in a small Swedish parish of Odesjo over 150 years.
There's also a related short story, which I have discussed below.Great hard sci-fi and one of the best works of fiction about impact avoidance. Poor on characterization but the novel is really concerned with how a civilization comes around to spotting a death asteroid like this and how we could plan on destroying it. Such an incident was indeed blocked by Jupiter in 1994. I don't often re-read a book, but I think this will be one I will probably read annually.Another one I had a hard time getting into at first and had to set a time to just do it. Let's now take help from a talented sci-fi author and fast forward into a technically much more advanced future.
My hubby and Pastor were right to suggest it!Friends have told me their appreciation for *Hammer of God* for years and when I got into it for a seminary class, their accolades may have been the book’s curse.
I learned about a few new things, notably about the highly efficient, low-maintenance I'm giving it 5 stars because of its effect on me, which is profound. Welcome back. I found myself wondering if he would have changed anything prior to releasing the book if it had been written and released after Shoemaker-Levy collided with Jupiter. Temples had been desecrated in times past in Christendom, but the Church remains. He is best known for the novel and movie “Meteorites don’t fall on the Earth. Start by marking “The Hammer of God” as Want to Read:
I found it hard to get through because it was written in such a boring manner. It is all very good, and parts of it are glorious. It speaks to the grace of God as he uses churches & ministries to conform pastors into the image of Christ. Sigh. Again he hatefully attacks all religion (except Hinduism, sort of) and asserts judgmental claims without support and shows he knows little about real politics, human sexuality, and women. In fact, I'll need to be careful that this review doesn't end up longer than the story. Too much irrelevant focus about one of the character's life bogs the book down a bit, but the highly insightful 'Sources and Acknowledgements' section makes up for it. Perhaps Giertz was less interested in creating memorable characters than in creating characters who were ripe for memorable mistakes and theological epiphanies?
Various actual earth events are cited and these give the story added depth meaning.Coming off of reading the utterly fantastic science-based Rendezvous with Rama, the extensive information about space Olympics and religion is keeping me from finishing this, I’m DNFing at 50%.Well, at least it was coherent, unlike his previous novel. I did not fully understand how or why this religion came into existence, other than it having to do with US soldiers being exposed to Islam during the first Gulf War.