num_pages: 416
description: Untold eons ago, a series of voidships was sent forth from our solar system, carrying human clones. One of these, the Voidship Earthling, at some point became "Ship" the all-powerful--a God-like consciousness who now wonders whether humanity is worth keeping in business. So Ship chooses a testing-ground for humanity: Pandora, a planet about to be colonized by the Shipmen--who, led by three rapacious cynics, are straying from the doctrine of Ship's omnipotence &amp; from the duty of WorShip. While Chaplain/Psychiatrist Morgan Oakes &amp; his henchmen develop a Pandoran slave-labor force of deformed clones, Ship reawakens a survivor of the 1st Earthling voyage &amp; sends him--a Jesus-like figure named Thomas--to Pandora to see whether humanity can redeem itself. The stories of Pandora, of Thomas the doubting Ship's emissary &amp; of the machinations of Oakes--all these are overlaid with countless biblical references &amp; parallels that at 1st seem merely pretentious but eventually take on a certain fascination. All in all, this collaborative effort is shapelier &amp; swifter-paced than Herbert's Dune books, but also less intricate &amp; painstaking in imaginative detail.--Kirkus (edited)
language: English
title: The Jesus Incident
titlecomplete: The Jesus Incident (The Pandora Sequence, #1)
characters: Morgan Oakes
genres: Audiobook, Religion, Novels, Science Fiction, Collections, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space Opera
ratings_count: 5476
series: The Pandora Sequence
publisher: Berkley Books