[ExI] Apocalypse Codex (Was: Religions)

[Anders Sandberg]

On 01/10/2012 21:10, Charlie Stross wrote:
> BTDT. Alas, most Xtian fundies don't read the kind of fiction I write. Worst I got was a couple of one-stars on Amazon for "The Apocalypse Codex". When the reader writes a 1000-word rant about a novel and only gives it one star, their review tells you more about them than about the book itself

Well, at least I enjoyed it immensely (I finished it this weekend).

If I may guess, what really irked the critics was the "There’s a certain 
point beyond which any sufficiently extreme Calvinist sect becomes 
semiotically indistinguishable from the Brotherhood of the Black 
Pharaoh.", right? Or was it that you didn't represent the American 
Powers That Be as nice?

Incidentally, while I am in fanboy mode, I should report that it was the 
paragraph on Brains' security clearance in The Atrocity Archives that 
gave me a proper rationale to come out of the closet. It made complete 
sense.



-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University