My opinion is not a minority one the existence of God is a fundamental part of the science of both Beta Hydri and Delta Pavonis. 'If you think its necessary.' 'It is if you are to help me in my work. When 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:?Ĭalculating God is SF on the grand scale.Ĭalculating God is a 2001 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel. But even he wouldnt say that the existence of God is a scientific fact.' 'Then it will fall to me to educate you in this,' said Hollus. The evidence of God's universal existence is not universally well received on Earth, nor even immediately believed.

he's obviously been playing with the evolution of life on each of these planets.įrom this provocative launch point, Sawyer tells a fast-paced, and morally and intellectually challenging, SF story that just grows larger and larger in scope. Both alien races believe this proves the existence of God: i.e. It 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). A six-legged, two-armed alien emerges, who says, in perfect English, 'Take me to a paleontologist.' Sawyer.Īn alien shuttle craft lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. SAWYER AUTHORS NOTE The Royal Ontario Museum really exists, and, of course, it has a real d.

Calculating God is the new near-future SF thriller from the popular and award-winning Robert J.

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