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The Jesus Incident

Name: The Jesus Incident
Rating: 3.73 (5828 reviews)
Author: Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert April 1, 1979

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A determined group of colonists are attempting to establish a bridgehead on the planet Pandora, despite the savagery of the native lifeforms, as deadly as they are inhospitable. But they have more to deal with than just murderous aliens: their ship’s computer has been given artificial consciousness and has decided that it is a God. Now it is insisting—with all the not inconsiderable force of its impressive array of armaments to back it up—that the colonists find appropriate ways to worship It.

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