Heaven

by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen

Book Overview

The internationally renowned scientists who wrote Wheelers and The Collapse of Chaos team up again to pen an intriguing new SF novel. All Second-Best Sailor wants is to sail his boat and trade with the wandering Neanderthals. But when the reefwives discover that a Cosmic Unity mission fleet is heading for his homeworld, his comfortable lifestyle vanishes in an instant. All Servant-of-Unity XIV Samuel wants is to help spread Cosmic Unity's message...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446529834
• ISBN13: 9780446529839
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Aspect
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful Science Fiction

I just finished reading "Heaven" and was amazed at the depth of thought contained in it! Philosophical ideas can become ponderous and novels of this kind give flesh and bones to esoteric ideas and concepts. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough. Anyone interested in astrobiology or epistomology will have a field day with this book. Oh, its also highly entertaining and at times very amusing concerning our species arrogance.The "Querists' Fallacy" defined in this novel in worth the price of admission.GET IT AND READ IT,THEN REFLECT ON IT!

an excellent read

I have just finished this book in a week - a far better read than wheelers, the authers last book. Full of very interesting aliens - a real plot with some nice twists. The science works, reminded me of reading David Brin's uplift series. As someone from the UK who has recently moved to the US the authers take on religion is _great_. I found it thought provoking! Can't wait to see the next installment.

Science Fiction has died and gone to heaven

I was beginning to think real science fiction, the sort that is based on science, had died with Isaac Asimov. It just got better. This is a h-ll of a good read.

A Riot of Ideas

"Heaven," by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, is a science-fiction novel of ideas. Its philosophical themes include the mimetics of religion, quantum-mechanical entanglement, and the ecology of mind. But this is no dry academic exercise: it takes the reader on a wild ride with an exciting plot, psychologically plausible characters, and a galaxy full of truly amazing aliens. If you are looking for well-written speculative fiction that tickles your brain cells, you'll really love this book!

science fiction at its best

HEAVEN is about religion & ecology. Reminiscent of how the Spanish conquerors of the Incas & Aztecs decided that it was much to the Indians' benefit to be killed to save their immortal souls. Stewart's & Cohen's far distant future saga is the story of one such war, & how the parts are definitely fragments of a greater wholeness.Rebeccasreads recommends HEAVEN as a riveting & enthralling science fiction story & like no other place you've ever imagined!