Contact
A radio astronomer catches prime numbers from Vega, helps build a strange machine, and returns with no proof but static.
2,763-word summary · 12 min read
Tag: religion
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Abaddon's Gate
A dead detective guides Holden, an assassin hunts him, and a pastor walks unarmed into a mutiny as the Ring opens new worlds.
2,672-word summary · 12 min read
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A prophet comes down from ten years alone to preach the overman after the death of God.
1,983-word summary · 9 min read
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Stephen Dedalus grows from schoolboy to exile choosing art over church and nation.
2,072-word summary · 9 min read
Paradise Lost
Blind Milton's epic of Satan's revolt, Adam and Eve's fall, and their hard walk out of Eden.
2,963-word summary · 13 min read
Lamb
Christopher Moore gives Jesus a wisecracking best friend, Biff, who tells the missing years from age thirteen to thirty in a wild trip east full of jokes and…
2,928-word summary · 13 min read
Parable of the Sower
Lauren Olamina flees burning Robledo with her Earthseed verses and walks north to plant a new faith.
2,311-word summary · 10 min read
Inferno
Dante, lost at thirty-five, follows Virgil down through nine circles of Hell, from Limbo to the ice, and climbs back toward the stars.
3,131-word summary · 14 min read
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Krakauer pairs the 1984 Lafferty murders with a history of Mormon fundamentalism, asking how revelation and violence can grow from shared roots.
2,590-word summary · 12 min read
Franny and Zooey
Two Glass family siblings wrestle with faith, phoniness, and breakdown across a weekend visit and a long phone call home.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Twelve-year-old Margaret navigates puberty in New Jersey while trying to choose a religion on her own.
2,178-word summary · 10 min read
The Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren's 40-day guide to Christian purpose, from worship and fellowship to growth, service and mission.
2,846-word summary · 13 min read
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The 1611 King James Bible in a 1,472-page Thomas Nelson edition: from Genesis to Revelation, law, prophets, Gospels, and letters.
2,904-word summary · 13 min read
The God Delusion
Dawkins argues a personal God almost certainly does not exist, then traces religion and morals to evolution.
3,426-word summary · 15 min read
Stranger in a Strange Land
A Mars-raised man lands on Earth, learns religion and love, and founds a church that shocks everyone.
2,725-word summary · 12 min read
Elantris
A prince thrown into a cursed city, a princess fighting court plots, and a priest on a deadline collide in Sanderson's debut.
4,049-word summary · 18 min read