kevinw%SU-DSN@ISL@Sumex-Aim@sri-unix.UUCP (11/13/83)
i have been told about a book (perhaps by piers anthony or poul anderson)
(maybe a short from a magazine) about a time when god gets sick and dies
leaving the devil holding the bag. problem is, it doesn't take too long
before the devil decides he got the raw end of the deal and was better off
before, but now its too late -- he has got to play god.
anybody know where i can find this? sounds like it could be a fairly
interesting/amusing story if it exists.
thanks,
-- Kevin
kevinw@su-dsnnotes@ucbcad.UUCP (11/14/83)
#R:sri-arpa:-1358500:ucbcad:23400004:000:629 ucbcad!kalash Nov 14 09:31:00 1983 /***** ucbcad:net.sf-lovers / sri-arpa!kevinw@SU-DSN / 2:55 am Nov 14, 1983*/ i have been told about a book (perhaps by piers anthony or poul anderson) (maybe a short from a magazine) about a time when god gets sick and dies leaving the devil holding the bag. problem is, it doesn't take too long before the devil decides he got the raw end of the deal and was better off before, but now its too late -- he has got to play god. ------ Sounds for all the world like "Day After Judgement" by James Blish. This is the sequel to the GREAT book "Black Easter". By the way, God doesn't get sick, it is armageddon. Joe
gek@ihuxa.UUCP (Glenn Kapetansky) (11/16/83)
Kevin@su-dsn: BLACK EASTER by James Blish, is about G-d being usurped (finally!) by Satan, at which point Satan finds himself forced to be G-d. It is the second of a two book series concerning the conflict between white and black magics. I enjoyed them, but damned (irony unintended) if I can remember the title of the first book. I'd be willing, if you mailed me a "other books by J.B." list from BLACK EASTER, to tell you which it is. glenn
LS.SRB%EE@sri-unix.UUCP (11/17/83)
From: "Stephen R. Balzac" <LS.SRB@EE> It may be The Day after Judgment by James Blish, (or Black Sunday/sabbath by the same author. I'm not too sure of the title).
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (11/21/83)
#R:ihuxa:-33200:uokvax:5400010:000:450 uokvax!emjej Nov 19 22:59:00 1983 Dunno about the second book in the *Black Easter* universe (or maybe "time line" is the better phrase), but I recall that it is part of the three-book set called "After Such Knowledge," which includes also *Doctor Mirabilis* (a fictionalized biography of Roger Bacon) and *A Case of Conscience* (about a planet of creatures such as are suggested by some philosophers who discuss the problem of evil, which freely choose the good). James Jones