{"product_id":"the-jesus-incident","title":"The Jesus Incident","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eFranklin \"Frank\" Patrick Herbert and Bill Ransom\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003einscribed by Herbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBerkley Publishing Corporation and distributed by G P Putnam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e405 pages. Royal octavo (9 1\/4\" x 6 1\/4\") bound in original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jesus Incident \u003c\/em\u003eis a 1079 science fiction novel co-written by Dune author Frank Herbert and poet Bill Ransom. Originally published in May 1979, it serves as a sequel to Herbert's 1965 novel \u003cem\u003eDestination: Void\u003c\/em\u003e and marks the first entry in the Pandora Sequence trilogy. The story picks up thousands of years after the events of \u003cem\u003eDestination: Void\u003c\/em\u003e. The conscious artificial intelligence created by humans, now known simply as Ship, has achieved godlike omnipotence. Ship transports the remaining multi-cultural human crew to a hostile, poisonous planet called Pandora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePandora is an incredibly deadly world inhabited by lethal native fauna—such as nerve-runners and airborne jellyfish—alongside a massive, sentient ocean kelp. Ship demands that humanity discover how to achieve \"WorShip\" (true, meaningful communication and respect) or face total extinction. To push this experiment along, Ship awakens Raja Lon Flattery, a chaplain-psychiatrist from hibernation, to witness and guide humanity's struggle against both the planet and their own destructive nature. Meanwhile, human leaders and scientists split into factions, abusing cloning technologies and attempting to wage war against the planet's ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e I\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003enscription from the author to Tom Loock on title, some very light age toning, front heal corner bumped. Jacket with light edge wear else very good in a near fine jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Collector, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67665807442111,"sku":"L1609","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/5614\/3551\/files\/herbert.webp?v=1791914353","url":"https:\/\/bookcollectorshop.com\/products\/the-jesus-incident","provider":"The Book Collector, Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}