So why does this novel work so well? I think first and foremost, in a complete contrast to the King's, Koontz's, Saul's of the horror field, Hodge has a deeply rich and complex prose style that enables him to beautifully articulate highly complex emotions and intellectual explorations into very dark nihilistic themes such as suicide, alienation, rage against societal convention, etc.įor the plot shell, we have a very dark novel that dips into some sci-fi tropes such as eugenics. Certainly, there were a few areas that dragged and might have been snipped with out sacrificing any core themes or character development, but mercifully, these extemporaneous scenes were few and far between over the course of this excellent novel. With that said, PROTOTYPE was not a disappointment, and I actually enjoyed the lengthy development of plot and characters over the 427 pages. PICKING THE BONES, FALLING IDOLS, etc., none of them will disappoint. His short fiction is simply amazing, and if you haven't read any of his short stories, start off with any one of his short story collections. I think Hodge is a far better short fiction writer than a novelist and reading PROTOTYPE has re-enforced my belief of this. At 427 pages, I was hoping this would not turn out to be a Stephen King-esque verbosity bloated carcass of a novel (actually at 427 pages, that it pretty slim for a King novel), nevertheless I braced myself for disappointment, setting my expectations pretty low.įirst let me say. I have always enjoyed his short stories and novellas, and was hoping that his prose style and dark weirdness would translate well and hold up over the length of a novel. Our theme was “Encounter” This is a generous.This is my first foray into Brian Hodge's novel length fiction. We gathered at the Union Station Hotel in St. This series is called Alive and we have explored how the Holy Spirit empowers us to move into deeper levels of.īy Steve Thomason | | TheologyI had the privilege to spend this past weekend with religious educators from all over the world at the Annual Conference of the Religious Educators Association. We have journeyed through section four of Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking. Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/steveth1/public_html/wp-content/themes/Divi/epanel/custom_functions.php on line 629īy Steve Thomason | | TheologyWe come to the end of our Summer Worship Series this weekend. These images visualize an Open and Relational Theology as described by Tripp Fuller and John Cobb. Blessings on your Holy Trinity Sunday! Visualizing an Open and Relational Theologyīy Steve Thomason | | Art, Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Theology You can preview the PowerPoint there before you download it. If you would like to get an introduction to the Trinity, I invite you to CLICK HERE to view my guide to the Trinity at my website. It was the core theological framework of my PhD dissertation. I love thinking and teaching about the Trinity. I had the privilege to take visual notes for a whole bunch of top-level theologians at Theology Beer Camp. Experiencing God | Visual Notes from Theology Beer Camp
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