The Book of Strange New Things
A Novel
by Michel Faber
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“It’s hard to describe the brilliance of this book. If you read it, keep in mind that it was written by an atheist. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: ?The Book of Strange New Things? by Michel Faber. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: “The Book of Strange New Things” by Michel Faber. | Read and really loved "The Book of Strange New Things" on vacation, belatedly realized there was an Amazon pilot for an adaptation and it sounds horrible. They killed off the wife, who he spends the novel corresponding with | THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS is a beautiful & hypnotic & sinuous novel that I think maybe is a masterpiece.”
Source →“It’s hard to describe the brilliance of this book. If you read it, keep in mind that it was written by an atheist. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: ?The Book of Strange New Things? by Michel Faber. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: “The Book of Strange New Things” by Michel Faber. | Read and really loved "The Book of Strange New Things" on vacation, belatedly realized there was an Amazon pilot for an adaptation and it sounds horrible. They killed off the wife, who he spends the novel corresponding with | THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS is a beautiful & hypnotic & sinuous novel that I think maybe is a masterpiece.”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Elizabeth Gilbert and Joel McHale
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and Science Fiction.
It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native population struggl...
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“It’s hard to describe the brilliance of this book. If you read it, keep in mind that it was written by an atheist. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: ?The Book of Strange New Things? by Michel Faber. | Pictures coming in. This is truly unbelievable...126 million miles from earth. By the way, an incredible book about the human and spiritual dimensions of space travel: “The Book of Strange New Things” by Michel Faber. | Read and really loved "The Book of Strange New Things" on vacation, belatedly realized there was an Amazon pilot for an adaptation and it sounds horrible. They killed off the wife, who he spends the novel corresponding with | THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS is a beautiful & hypnotic & sinuous novel that I think maybe is a masterpiece.”
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