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Original Title:	Waiting for the Galactic Bus
ISBN:	0385246358 (ISBN13: 9780385246354)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Snake Oil #1

Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Snake Oil #1)

Parke Godwin

Hardcover | Pages: 229 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 532 Users | 52 Reviews

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Title	:	Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Snake Oil #1)
Author	:	Parke Godwin
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 229 pages
Published	:	April 1st 1988 by Doubleday
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Speculative Fiction

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Imagine if "Job" by Heinlein was written from the immortals' perspectives.

Good, yes? Now keep that image in mind. Hold it firm and tight, and you won't have to read this book, as likely what's in your head is better than what's on the page.

It's not bad, exactly. It's an interesting look at the development of a series of beliefs based on a clumsy perception of the universe. And it works, for a time. But mostly it feels like it's a joke that's too long in the telling, and that the main characters are only going through the whole rigamarole because they're bored out of their skulls.

It's a book to pass the time. Like the erstwhile god and his cohort, while away the hours reading it without expecting too much, and it will seem like it has real potential. But like the human race, you may be left wanting at the end.

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Ratings: 3.88 From 532 Users | 52 Reviews

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Very funny and disquietingly insightful at times. Two members of an advanced alien race, stranded on prehistoric Earth, get the human race started. The human race responds by labeling them as God and Satan, despite the fact that there's no real difference between them. Flash forward to small town America in the latter half of the 20th century (although it could be set today with sadly few changes), where a petty fascist and his bored girlfriend are at risk of bringing about the next reign of

An ingenious take on the aliens made humans concept with two overlapping plots, a tongue-in-cheek take on world religions, and a wry wit.This take on aliens made humans makes humans the result of the bumbling activities of aliens from a species that controls evolution in the universe. However, these aliens are currently uncertified, unsupervised, and basically the frat boys of outerspace. At least at first. Thus, instead of it all being some evil experimental conspiracy, the direction of life on

This book is a favorite of my brother-in-law, who suggested I read it. I can see why he likes it so much. Mr. Godwin used his fantastic imagination to speculate on what mankind might look like if we were the result of experimentation of two alien brothers who were left behind on a spring break excursion. While waiting for their bus home they experimented on a young race of our forebears to hurry along our development into thinking beings. One brother became the devil while the other was God. By

=== Shallow characters indulging in the frivolous ===I tried to like this book from the beginning. The concepts were good, having great potential for satiric play between two mischievous creator beings, cosmically out-of-bounds, and their interventionary evolved humanity populated by stereotypically frivolous, shallow, fanatical or violent characters. But, as is true with so many science fiction novels, the character development is artificial and shallow; there is no one for readers to like, at

All I can figure is... those who don't like this book are very serious people. Very serious.Like Wilksey says, it's an opportunity for some good trashy fun. Only for the serious people. That's why ui liked it.And, to he honest, Godwin's descriptions of the forces Barion and Coyul are fighting against are more real, more to the point today then 30 years back, so...

I thought this book was okay, but it didn't really suck me in. It's quirky in a Douglas Adams sort of way, but a little more grounded in a story line. My interpretation is that this is a story of a battle of good versus evil, meanwhile questioning the similarities and differences of good and evil. The author strikes directly at fundamentalism as you take an unusual trip through heaven and hell. A background in religion and 20th century politics is helpful in understanding some of the allusions

Imagine if "Job" by Heinlein was written from the immortals' perspectives.Good, yes? Now keep that image in mind. Hold it firm and tight, and you won't have to read this book, as likely what's in your head is better than what's on the page.It's not bad, exactly. It's an interesting look at the development of a series of beliefs based on a clumsy perception of the universe. And it works, for a time. But mostly it feels like it's a joke that's too long in the telling, and that the main characters