The Race for God

By Brian Herbert

Book Overview

A self-made prophet and head of the Interplanetary Church of Cosmic Chickenhood receives a bona fide invitation from God to visit Him on His planet at the edge of the universe. In response, a flood of religious devotees flocks to the spaceships destined to deliver them, provided they can survive "holy war" in outer space.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614754284
• ISBN13: 9781614754282
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Wordfire Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great concepts about religion-worth reading

This short work (394 pages) by Brian Herbert (son of Frank Herbert of Dune fame) is a great collection of all the knocks, dings, doubts and catch phrases of organized religion. These concepts are very important and when brought out in a comedic fashion can be a good start for discussions of "God", religion and why things are the way they are. Instead of hitting you over the cranium with these issues, he disguises them in the form of a story about "The Race for God". This book gives much food for thought about organized religion and the different forms it takes. Some of the issues addressed include: -Why are many of the major religions similar yet they do not accept that? -What is lawful to one religion may be unlawful to another and vice versa. -The books used by all religions were written by men and thus are susceptible to misinterpretations and incorrect printing over the ages. -If there were only one religion, would not that be a dead give away that there was one God. -If there is only one-way to God, does not that eliminate quite a few people who never had that chance? -Can God create a rock that even he cannot lift? If so, does not this negate his omni powerfulness? -Does God only rule this universe? "The Race for God" does however, have some issues of its own. The ending is quite unfulfilling and offers a few more questions than it answers. The set up of Gutan's character could have been more succinct and less graphic. Otherwise it was a novel worth reading that created or rehashed some good ideas in this reader's feeble mind and thus deserves a 4 star rating. Sam Hendricks, author of Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Almanac 2009 (releases 1 May 2009)

Enjoyable

It actually kept me wanting to read more. Which is something that happens less often now a days. Some of the stuff included in the story was a bit jarring and could have bene taking out all togethter (Robot with a howitzer for a penis) and the story would have remained the same. Other than that nothing really bad about the book.

A book of religious and social insight to laugh & think at..

Brian Herbert's amazing characters, from all different fields of reality and imagination, bring to life the one true doubt that has plagued and been so wonderfully covered up by humanity: religion. It also deals with the sexual part of our human nature, examining enough to make you think for a moment where your own thoughts are coming from: your head, or the page. From the necrophilic, Harley Gutan, to the Grand Exalted Rooster himself, Evander McMurtrey, Herbert enlists you in a race to visit Tananius-Ofo, the home planet of God. And maybe, if you're lucky, you'll even hear a yapping voice screaming, "O Chubby Mother, Let me rubba your belly...."