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tsteele93 's review for:
The Call of Earth
by Orson Scott Card
I found the parallels to Christianity to be the very thing that made this so good. I respect that a lot of people might not care for this, but if you go in knowing that Card clearly wrote these (and Worthing Saga) to discuss religious (Christian) themes in an analogous way, then the story is in many ways quite brilliant.
Two major concepts are discussed in the series. One is the analog to Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus. The other is the concept of Hell being a disconnect from our creator, rather than a punitive torture.
I enjoyed the series as both sci-fi and a look at some Biblical concepts through a different lens.
(It has been quite some time since I read this series so I don’t recall which books were specifically based on each story, so this review is perhaps more of the series than a single book. I enjoyed them all very much though. I find Card’s writing style to be VERY comfortable and easy to read, so for me most of his novels are good reading.)
Two major concepts are discussed in the series. One is the analog to Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus. The other is the concept of Hell being a disconnect from our creator, rather than a punitive torture.
I enjoyed the series as both sci-fi and a look at some Biblical concepts through a different lens.
(It has been quite some time since I read this series so I don’t recall which books were specifically based on each story, so this review is perhaps more of the series than a single book. I enjoyed them all very much though. I find Card’s writing style to be VERY comfortable and easy to read, so for me most of his novels are good reading.)