Beyond the River

By Gilbert Morris

Book Overview

In the tradition of Brave New World, the first book of the Far Fields series is a futuristic novel that carries the New Age and politically correct doctrines of America to their logical and alarming... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914984519
• ISBN13: 9780914984511
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Loved by a Libertarian Sci-Fi Fan

My wife loves Christian fiction and reads a lot of Gilbert Morris's books. She hated this one.I saw it laying around and was intrigued. I started reading it and could not put it down. This is the logical end of government power -- an all-controlling, all-dominating beast that will dictate even the peoples' spiritual life via its indoctrination. Nevertheless, there would be a small minority that would resist the control (in this case a bunch of Christians). The easiest thing to see about humanity's socialist experiments is that they are always oppresive and the human spirit is resilient enough to stand against it. The authors show how a crisis is used to produce government power, how that power is continued beyond the crisis, and that nothing like honesty would stand between the government and its power and no amount of brutality would be beyond the pale when its power is percieved to be threatened. It would indeed take a great amount of faith in something to stand against such a tyranny.I have no problem with the religious views stated in this book, but I think many sci-fi fans and libertarians may. Could be why I cannot find a sequel in spite of the fact that it claims to be the first in a series. (Ten years is enough to have the whole series done.) It may be hard to sell this futuristic plot to Christians and this religious viewpoint to sci-fiers. Make no mistake, Morris and Funderburk take every opportunity to fit a Bible verse or evangelistic comment into the plot -- enough to turn you off if you are not sympathetic to such views.

Fiction with a 'future' and a hope

I loved this book from the first page. I was already expecting a mix of fiction with realism since I was aware that this was 'Christian' fiction--there would be the reality of the existence and work of Christ mixed in with fictional characters. What I wasn't prepared for was the way it was blended: in a mature style that was sort of lovely and sweet without playing shamefully on the emotions. At first I had to suspend my eschatology because I do not believe that humans will destroy the earth via the greenhouse effect; nor do I believe that our culture will move to this point without the intervention of the reign of Christ. But as I got into the wonderful characters and the polar opposites of their lifestyles I was hopelessly drawn in and my spirit was lifted. If you like sci-fi or even just good fiction, I heartily recommend this book and can't wait to find the sequel!

A futuristic story of the fight for freedom.

A woman travels outside the enclosed city into the "Far Fields" and discovers that freedom is more important than security. A great read, Book 1 of a series that has not seen book 2 yet (if ever). Bring on the series! Well worth the cover price.