Bible Stories for Adults [Feb 28, 1996] Morrow, James

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ISBN
9780156002448
Book Title
Bibles Stories for Adults
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
5.3 in
Author
James Morrow
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / General, Fantasy / Epic
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Width
5.3 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156002442
ISBN-13
9780156002448
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54259

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Book Title
Bibles Stories for Adults
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / General, Fantasy / Epic
Genre
Fiction
Author
James Morrow
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
5.3 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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95-036805
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Twelve tales, 198494, drawn from various publications, by the author of Towing Jehovah (1994), etc. The main thrust here isn't always biblical, though satire looms large--along with dollops of ironic, iconoclastic, or subversive wit. The dazzlingly effective best of a decidedly superior bunch: A murderously mutinous WW I American infantry private ends up in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a permanent honor guard; reversing his Babel decision, God gives everyone the power of perfect comprehension--with equally devastating results; a robot civilization adheres to the Darwinian principle of natural selection, despite the manifest impossibility of its applying to them; and the sad story of Gunther Black, a man with multiple personalities so numerous that they form nations--and conduct war! In other notable what-ifs, Moses never receives a replacement set of law tablets; Lincoln considers signing an armistice; Helen decides to put an end to the Trojan War; Ebenezer Scrooge lives out his days as an unregenerate capitalist rascal; and Job realizes he's been duped and demands a rematch. Elsewhere, a dead woman's donated organs yearn to reunite; Noah ponders the possibility of other survivors; and, finally, in a rather silly fable, a farmer's wife gives birth to planet Earth. A splendidly provocative series of engagements for supple and enquiring minds; mandatory for fanatics of any stripe., Morrow's Towing Jehovah (1994), which has just won the 1995 World Fantasy Award for best novel, wickedly satirizes orthodox religion by recounting the journey of an oil tanker towing God's immense, decaying corpse to its final resting place at the North Pole. The stories in Morrow's new collection run in a similar vein, deliciously skewering not only Judeo-Christian mythology but other sacred cows of modern society, from capitalism to New Age spiritualism. In the Nebula-winning "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge," Morrow presents a prostitute who is rescued by the ark's crew from a flood but who shouldn't have survived, for she inevitably helps revive the evils God meant to destroy. "The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge" delightfully exposes the flaws of corporate charity when Marley's ghost returns with another round of rebukes for a disconcerted Scrooge. In Bible stories numbers 20 ("The Tower" ) and 31 ("The Covenant" ), respectively, Morrow gives us God's own amendment, in His own words, to the Tower of Babel story and describes a computer's reconstruction of Moses' tablets. Morrow's brand of mordant wit invites comparison with such master satirists as Vonnegut and even Swift, and he deserves to share an audience with them that sprawls beyond the bounds of genre fandom. Not to be missed.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Morrow unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of short stories buoyed by his deliciously irreverent wit. Among the dozen selections is the Nebula Award-winning "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge."
LC Classification Number
PS3563.O876B5 1996

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