Deus X

by Norman Spinrad

Book Overview

Acclaimed science-fiction author Spinrad explores the depths of what it means to be human. More accurately, he delves into the nature of the soul in an increasingly computerized technological age. Can... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553296779
• ISBN13: 9780553296778
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Spectra Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Fun that provokes some thought as well

At sub 200 pages, it was a length just right for me. The theme boils down to a struggle to define and find faith in an increasingly scientific and technological time. It's my first Spinrad novel, but I don't read many books in the first place. So to say I made it through to book says a lot for it. If you have any interest in technology and religious philosophy I think you'll enjoy Spinrad's Deus X.

Souls and Circuits

It may be short, but it's powerful. It centralizes around a dope-smoking computer whiz, a Cardinal, the Pope, an old preist, and the computer itself. What Spinrad does with these few characters is amazing. The questions they ask are, when the old preist dies and we upload his personality to the computer, does he have a soul? I'd say that this is far and away some of Spinrad's best stuff.