Pilgrimage : The Book of the People [Hardcover]

Zenna Henderson (Author)

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Avon Books (1967)
• ASIN: B0014D3P4K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So sorry it's fiction!, January 17, 2005

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June Rabatin "Once a teacher ..." (Charles Town, West Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pilgrimage (Paperback)

Here is kinder, gentler science fiction. The People -- the characters from another world who populate this book and Henderson's other tales -- are what you might call the gentler, better and more spiritually-developed side of humanity. This first of the People books tells of how the People arrived on Earth; this and subsequent books [No Different Flesh; Holding Wonder] contain loosely-connected stories of how they gradually reunite after having been scattered throughout the southwestern US in their hasty retreat from their disintegrating home planet.

The People have wonderfully developed powers that Earth-bound mortals have long dreamed about, such as levitation, mind-reading, fire-making and other such useful accomplishments. You will enjoy the People books more if you have some Biblical knowledge, as there are numerous scriptural references throughout. Emphasis is mostly Old Testament, but the People's motivation closely parallels Christian teachings of love and forgiveness.

If you are looking for monsters, mayhem and general weirdness, akip this book. Edginess and cynicism have no place in the world of the People. But if you want to meet the best of humanity, start here!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite books are like old friends..., August 17, 2004

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Holly Fuhrmann (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pilgrimage (Paperback)

...you may not have visited for a while, but when you remeet time just slips away and you remember why the two of you clicked in the first place.

Picking up Henderson's Pilgrimage was just such a visit. Her well crafted characters have a feeling of realness, each vignette unfolds a new piece of puzzle. Satisfying on both an emotional and story level, Pilgrimage remains a classic...an old friend I'll revisit from time to time in the years to come.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Appealing to my sense of spirituality, fantasy, and science, May 7, 1998

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[e-mail] (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pilgrimage: The Book of the People (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) (Hardcover)

Zenna Henderson's people are the epitome of what most earthlings wish to be: loving, innocent, humorous to the point of levitation, telekenetic. They're new adventure on earth becomes more and more complete as the different "landings" find one another. To have found an earthling school teacher who patiently endeavors to understand the children and their ways, and who finally finds acceptance by their parents through her delicate position was truly a stroke of luck (or could it have been heaven-ordained?)

I have been re-reading my "Zenna" books for 25 years, and they are truly becoming worn. I've shared them with my friends and children and am now ready to start with my grand-children. The stories are very wholesome, and good "grandma" builders. I only hope they last a little longer!