- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Collins; paperback / softback edition (6 Sep 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002552469
- ISBN-13: 978-0002552462
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 5.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,711,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Neverness streaked across the firmament as one of the great romantic epics of modern sf ... in The Broken God Zindell's combination of adventure, metaphysics, and intellectual debate works marvellously, leaving you ready for more.'Locus'The ideas are hard sf with philosophical undertones, and the story is compelling. Zindell makes you think' New Scientist on The Wild
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When the Timekeeper dies, his adversary, Mallory Ringess, takes up his unfinished secret work, "A Requiem for Homo Sapiens". In this first volume of a trilogy, Ringess tells the story of his abandoned son, Danlo the Wild, brought up by Neanderthals. Only through him is hope reborn.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
No other book has ever affected me as this did. It is essentially a synthesis of Zindell's view of Oriental philosphy, set among wonderfully-created characters in a believable universe, and with a magnificently human plot. This is a book for those who enjoy having their beliefs challenged, and not something to read if you don't enjoy thinking at the same time. Definitely to be taken seriously - I was utterly absorbed the whole way through, and came out of it a little different from how I went in. Never before has philosophy been so brilliantly disguised as superb fiction.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Broken God, book one of a Requium for Homo Sapiens, is science fiction as it should be written. It is a soulful read, full of poetry and mystery, without getting bogged down in minute descriptions of gadgets. Having said this, if a snappy little page turner is what your after, this isn't for you. There is much to think about in this book, and it bears another reading every year or so. It revolves around two extraordinary friends, Danlo and Hanuman, who strive to understand the essential nature of the universe. Their respective journeys bring them to conflicting conclusions, so that one will affirm and one will reject what they find. This is a book brave enough to ask what it is to be human in a reality full of computer gods the size of planets and mad religions exponentially exploding the stars. If you liked Dune, buy this book now!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is certainly the most memorable sci-fi novel I have read in the past few years (and one of the best novels in all categories). The plot-as described in the critics' reviews above follows the adventures of one Danlo on his journey to become a Pilot in the city of Neverness and his subsequent quest to find the truth about his father but it is the other detail in this book which rises it far above almost all other science fiction books I have read. (The only one I can think of which comes close is Dune). A fantastic cast of alien and human characters all wonderfully developed and different, whole new worlds described in great detail and an astonishing imagination as well as a wonderful intermingling of mathematical ideas into the story. Awesome. However for me the single most wonderful thing about this book (and its two sequels) is the quality of prose with which David Zindell writes. It is simply mesmerising and a sheer joy to read, something science-fiction is not noted for. Such beautiful language and a classical Homeric oddysey combined in one book. A must read!
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Hungry? Fancy some bloodied foreskin?
Your own, at that, fresh off the ... well, uncooked at least. This is how The Broken God begins. Danlo the Wild, 2nd to last survivor of his tribe goes through an initiation... Read more
Published 18 months ago by mad_mushroom
Poignant and prophetic
Warning: this book is not for the all-action-no-thinking-sci-fi readers. You find here beautiful word construction, great characterization and splendid athmospheres. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2006 by Ventura Angelo
Spiritual Sci-Fi
Sciece fiction doen't get better than this. Both thought provoking and sexy, "The Broken God" wins big time. Prepare to have your brain tweaked and your heartstrings tugged. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2004 by shawn burnham
Neverness? Drearyness more like
After reading the praise offered by the later reviewers of this book, I was persuaded to give it a try. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2003 by Stuart Robertson
Simply A CLASSIC
English is not my first language but still I somehow managed to lift a book this much thick from the rack and after reading synopsis on its backcover immediately decide to buy it. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2002 by "amnagi"
Urgh - the definitive textbook on how not to write SF
Interesting, literate, exciting - all adjectives not applicable for this book. It is easily the most tedious, long-winded, pretentious 800 pages I've forced myself to go... Read more
Published on 27 July 2001
One of the most tedious books I've read
This is seriously one of the most long winded and tedious books I have ever read - one chapter alone took me about a month to get through I was so fed up with it. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2001
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