Project Pope [Hardcover]

Clifford D. Simak (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (December 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517427427
• ISBN-13: 978-0517427422
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,509,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Project Pope, April 21, 2000

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John T. Farrell (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Project Pope (Mass Market Paperback)

Very interesting and very clever. Interesting, because Simak presents new insights in the longstanding debate between theology and science, faith and knowledge. Clever, because Simak's characters and their worlds are breathtakingly imaginative. He peoples his planet, the End of Nothing, with a variety of fascinating creatures, from robot cardinals to a computer pope to a sentient cloud of molecules. All have souls and all seek the truth. In many ways, this novel reminds me of C.S. Lewis -- had Lewis not been so sure of himself and his theology.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not exciting, but totally fascinating., November 9, 2001

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Thomas Farrell "irish02144" (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Project Pope (Hardcover)

In this book, Simak explores ideas about what it means to be human, mankind's search for knowledge, the need for spiritual fulfillment, and what ultimately brings us happiness. Heavy stuff for a science fiction novel, and this is a great book to handle it.

This was the first of Simak's books I read, and it inspired me to immediately look for more. I think it's a real page-turner for the intellectual set and if you're into books where there isn't a lot of action but there's plenty to think about, you'll love this one.

My one caveat is that the ending is a bit weak - I was left with the feeling that while the most vital elements of the plot had been resolved, the story could easily have gone on for another thousand pages or so. Perhaps Simak didn't do a good job of bringing conclusiveness to the end of the book, or perhaps he just created such an interesting story that I was left craving more, it's hard to say.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is a robot to do?, December 31, 2002

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John H. Lindorfer (Long Beach, MS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Project Pope (Mass Market Paperback)

What is a robot to do when the world's largest Christian religion refuses to recognize it as a child of God. Start its own religion, of course. And this is what project Pope is all about, robots' search for God. In the end, they succeed beyond their wildest dreams, proving that God does not discriminate, but makes Himself known to all who seek Him...even robots!

A very inspirational novel!