Robert Sawyer Calculating God is a dose of science fiction refreshment. An alien lands outside a Toronto museum on a calm day and after approaching the security guard relays his wishes to speak to a palaeontologist. What madness is this? Tom Jericho is the head palaeontologist who recently diagnosed with cancer speaks with the alien and learns firsthand that universe is the product of some intelligent design. Tom's very being is shaken to the core by this revelation but the alien also informs Tom that major extinction which occurred on Earth also occurred simultaneously on two other planets including the aliens', which duly evolved sentient life. Tom's dialogue and interaction with alien goes unmolested by any government agencies and the rapport which develops between them is a cornerstone of this novel. Dotted frequently is the underlying theory that theories on evolution and religion are not two totally separate entities but two faces of the same coin. This novel is poignant without being preachy, funny without being flippant and thought provoking without being unnecessarily convoluted. Brilliant and worthy of your time and money.





Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex director Keith Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station with intergalactic war. An easy to read novel containing a ship run by a crew of Ibs (marvellously portrayed and imagined), Humans and Waldahulds. The pluses of this novel are its tight dialogue, human-alien dynamics, the glass man and the slow release of wonder which is instilled in the readers. The only negative aspect is Keith Lansing's weariness at his own life. Sawyer's done it again!

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