The Godmakers [Hardcover]

Frank Herbert (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Berkley Books (1973)
• ASIN: B0014BVZZ8
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sf story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of Dune World and The Prophet of Dune that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To clear up the confusion, December 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Godmakers (Hardcover)

Some are confuded about the references some of these reveiws have to Mormonism. This book does not discuss Mormonism, the book that they are refering to is a book by Ed Decker and Dave Hunt which has the same title.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, September 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Godmakers (Mass Market Paperback)

I just recently completed this one, even though it sat on my shelf for siz years after buying it. The individual episodes all seem to be fertile material for entire books. Instead, the reader is shown glimpses of fascinating alien worlds only to be whisked to the next scene. All in all, I found it very fun to read.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Frank Herbert great, it is a truly thought provoking novel, October 28, 2003

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"excalibat" (Green Bay, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Godmakers (Paperback)

Although some will jump at this book and see a few similarities with the Mormon religion, there are just as many similarities to Buddhism and Shinto. Much like Dune, this book provokes thoughts into both the philosophical and metaphysical. At first prompting a reader to ask, "If man WERE to create a god, what would the consequences be?" Through the following chapters, however, the reader is forced to wonder if interference in other cultures for the sake of industry and economics is morally right. It is also a book that forces the reader to wonder whether attempting to dominate other cultures in the hope of peace is feasible, and whether it is even moral. With the three concepts intertwined the message is more along the lines of "By interfering with other cultures and forcing them into our image of peace and nationality, are we playing God?" Like any Herbert novel, it both entertains and enlightens. I highly recommend this novel to intellectuals and the philosophically inclined, as well as those who have an interest in great science fiction.