3.5
HIM
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The long-awaited new book from multi-award winner Geoff Ryman
An extraordinary science-fiction novel about identity, divinity and alternate reality – the story of the son of God.
“Women, of course, can not be sons of God,”
In the village of Nazareth, virgin Maryam and the wife of Yosef barLevi gives birth to a miracle: a little girl. She is named Avigayil, after her grandmother.
But as Avigayil grows, it’s clear she believes that she is destined to be someone greater than just the daughter of Maryam. From leading a gang of village boys to challenging the priests in the temple, Avigayil is determined to find her way as Yeshu, a man.
Yeshu can work miracles. He can see futures. He can speak for God.
A gripping, thoughtful sci-fi novel, tackling family, the multiverse and the survival of love through immense change and crisis.
File Under: Science Fiction [ The Greatest Story Never Told | Child of The Faith | Apocrypha | Herstory ]
An extraordinary science-fiction novel about identity, divinity and alternate reality – the story of the son of God.
“Women, of course, can not be sons of God,”
In the village of Nazareth, virgin Maryam and the wife of Yosef barLevi gives birth to a miracle: a little girl. She is named Avigayil, after her grandmother.
But as Avigayil grows, it’s clear she believes that she is destined to be someone greater than just the daughter of Maryam. From leading a gang of village boys to challenging the priests in the temple, Avigayil is determined to find her way as Yeshu, a man.
Yeshu can work miracles. He can see futures. He can speak for God.
A gripping, thoughtful sci-fi novel, tackling family, the multiverse and the survival of love through immense change and crisis.
File Under: Science Fiction [ The Greatest Story Never Told | Child of The Faith | Apocrypha | Herstory ]
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3.5
“This is a rewarding, albeit difficult read. A marvelous and raw exploration of growing up, not just Trans, but also as God. A heart breaking account of what happens when a mother is not accepting of this reality, at least not immediately. A grounded exploration of a likeable cult leader. Ryman, who is more famous for sword and sorcery paperbacks, made this all work. He really stuck the landing in the last twenty pages, securing my five stars.
The lyrical novel "Dayspring" really sucked up most of the oxygen for queer tellings of the life of Christ, and for good reason. It's fantastic. However, reading isn't a competition and this book should be on the shelf of every LGBTQ+ Jesus freak.
Let's rip off the band-aid of what didn't work here. It simply wasn't proof-read well. There are more than a few glaring mechanical errors that should have been caught before this was sent to print, and at least one stylistic choice that the author should've been talked out of (halfway through characters start talking in English vernaculars from around the Commonwealth and it's very clumsy).”
About Geoff Ryman
Canadian-born Geoff Ryman is one of the most innovative and acclaimed authors writing in Fantasy and SF. A multi-award winner, his sensitive and artful SF novels, including WAS, AIR and THE CHILD GARDEN, have explored the AIDS epidemic, the coming of the Cloud based internet and the history of Cambodia. His 1998 novel, 253, was a groundbreaking digital hypertext. As well as writing novels he led the teams that built the websites for the British Monarchy and Number 10. He also had a leading role designing the UK government’s www.direct.gov.uk site.
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