The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten

by Thomas M. Disch

Not since The Da Vinci Code The only tome ever written by God Himself INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS In this compelling memoir, the first and hopefully the last of its kind, America's most divine author reveals the intimate and shocking details of His sudden elevation to the most coveted and least understood position in the universe. In early 2005 (A.D.), wearying of the world's religious schisms, doctrinal heresies, and manifold editorial sins, Thomas M. Disch took matters into His own hands and became the Deity. As controversial as it is incontrovertible, the moving true story of His awful transformation and its awesome aftermath reveals, at long last, the hidden web that links Disch, Philip K. Dick, Western wear, the Leamington Hotel, and Eternity itself. Read it in fear and trembling. But read it, or else. YOU WILL LAUGH. YOU WILL CRY. YOU WILL PRAY.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892391775
• ISBN13: 9781892391773
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Tachyon Publications
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Finally, God Takes on God!

It's strangely edifying, being lectured about the idiocies of religion by God himself, but that's pretty much what happens in Tom Disch's last (sadly, really last) book. It meanders, it dispenses with plot per se, but it bristles with perverse little pockets of delight. When I was packed off to Vacation Bible School as a kid, I might have kept going longer (instead of walking away with a taste of vomit in my mouth) if I had heard from a God who would tell you (e.g.) to go get laid. At least I might have stayed around till I discovered independent thought. This is a fun read, well worth the price of admission. And (hallelujah) probably nobody will ever get beheaded or stoned to death over THIS particular Holy Writ!

There's Only One Thing To Say

Thomas M. Disch (February 2, 1940 - July 4, 2008) Rest In Peace