It's that time again--- the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour. The book this time is Lost Mission by Athol Dickson, and it's 'magic realism', which probably means it's good for you.
In accordance with the Federal Government's Reversal of Freedom Act, I am required to disclose that I received a free review copy of this book, which is supposed to bias my review since I don't work for a newspaper where all the writers are unbiased and chocolate milk falls as rain from the skies.....
My plans for this blog tour were disrupted this time around by the annual chaos of Lambing Time. I had ten lambs born over the weekend. This morning there were four new lambs by 8 am. So I am a bit behind on getting my act together for this blog tour.
One fault I found with the book is with a rather bad case of misuse of language. Some characters--- Catholic characters--- use the term Holy Father to refer to God the Father. It is, as most of us know, a title of respect for the Pope. It kind of bothered me because in the first use of the term Holy Father I assumed the author was referring to the Pope, and I really don't like to confuse the creature with the Creator, I believe it's disrespectful.
One good thing I liked about the book is that there are Catholic characters who are Christians who don't need to be 'saved' by an evangelical.
To learn more about this book, look at the review at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416583475), or visit the author's web site (http://www.atholdickson.com/) or the author's blog (http://whatatholwrote.blogspot.com/)
And don't forget to visit the other sites on the blog tour, listed below. Another thing not to forget: the new season of Doctor Who begins this Saturday on BBC America. If you don't get that channel, it's time to start sucking up to someone that does.
Blog Tour Members:
Brandon Barr
Keanan Brand
Amy Browning
Valerie Comer
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Timothy Hicks
Jason Isbell
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Rebecca LuElla Miller
New Authors Fellowship
John W. Otte
Donita K. Paul
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
KM Wilsher
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