Monday, March 17, 2008

Blasphemy, by Douglas Preston

This was a fun read. The idea is that a team builds a particle accelerator on Native American land (with their permission). They seek to smash atoms at high speed, nearly the speed of light.

As they do so, they seem to be communicating with God.

Are they really? Is it a plot for a latter-day L. Ron Hubbard to start yet another religion?

Preston bashes the heck out of fundamentalists. BTW, there was one major error of fact (sort of): towards the end, Preston notes it is the first time that God has spoken to mankind. Old Testament readers would disagree.