Tonight I finished "Dream Thief" a science fiction book written by Stephen R. Lawhead. I bought the book almost a month ago, and it took me quite some time to finish. The back of the version I got mentions "Christian" three times, so as an atheist I was a bit scared. On the other hand, I did enjoy the Rama series by Arthur C. Clarke.
Read the rest of Dream Thief.
I didn't really understand why you thought Lawhead looks down on India in this particular book...I personally didn't get that impression at all:) I really enjoyed his Empyrion two part book- classifies as science fiction, and is actually pretty engaging. I think the more you read his work the more you appreciate it, and find the "slow" parts interesting.
Hi Keri,
I think the part I quoted: "Hinduism was founded on a primitive misunderstanding, a mistake of cosmic proportions" can be considered was a good example.
As for the slow parts: Jack Vance, a writer I really adore, writes in his more recent work "slow" compared to his older work. Yet I do like it (but like his older work more). So maybe I was just not really impressed by Dream Thief. But as my mom would say: it's good that we all don't like the same things.
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John,
I am a big fan of Lawhead. I have not read Dream Thief in quite a while but from what I remember it was a bit slow going. However I would suggest that if you have not had the opportunity that you look into the Pendragon Cycle. I believe that you might enjoy this series. They are not science fiction books but if you like to read they are worth your time.