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Old 02-20-2018, 03:57 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
True enough. I'm all for "offensive" when it means challenging set beliefs or expanding one's understanding. Since I haven't read this book, I don't know if that's what it does.

What I most wanted to point out, though, is the disconnect between the two sets of reviews, Amazon and Audible. When I skimmed Amazon, I thought, well, maybe I could make myself read this (remember I am not an SF reader); when I looked at Audible, my reaction was no way, even though I am not an organized-religion person.

That's my two cents. SF is already problematic for me, and adding an anti-religious bias (my impression) makes it a nonstarter. As I said, though, I don't have any desire to block a nomination; I may want to nominate something offensive and controversial myself at some point.
I took a look at some of the reviews at Audible and I don't think you can do a proper discussion without getting too much into religion and thus, P&R territory.

I suggest every one go have a read of the reviews to see what you think.

https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fa...ook/B00CUG55VG

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