The Days Of Peleg by Jon Saboe
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- 636pp
- Sales Rank: 559,462
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 636pp
- Sales Rank: 559,462
- ISBN-13: 9781598008098
- ISBN: 1598008099
Synopsis
It is now one hundred years since the Great Awakening, and the human race is finally colonizing the world with new settlements and centers of commerce.
Reu-Nathor, High Minister of the Citadel, announces an expedition to explore their new world, and Peleg is commissioned as Chief Cartographer aboard the Urbat.
Peleg's core beliefs are challenged and his sense of reality is undermined by the new cultures and tremendous tragedies he encounters during his twelve-year voyage. But he has also been given a secret mission to discover the answer to the one question that no one dares to ask aloud:
Why is the human race dying?
What he discovers forces Peleg to re-evaluate all he has ever known-and also provides him with staggering revelations that will determine the eternal destiny of the entire human race!
The Days of Peleg is an action-filled, yet thought provoking epic which combines the enigmas and mythologies of ancient civilizations with the intrigue of hard science fiction. Issues as diverse as origins, linguistics, and phenomenology are concealed within an exciting narrative that boasts diverse characters embarked on an unimaginable journey.
You will never think of ancient man in the same way again!
The Days of Peleg provides an exhilarating yet entertaining look at who we once were-and who we may one day become.
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May 07, 2008: From the introduction: ?Modern researchers in archeology (and to some extent, anthropology) are currently trapped in a self-imposed dilemma as they attempt to explain or rationalize the growing number of `out-of-place artifacts? (collectively known as 00PARTS) that are constantly being discovered?both in archeological digs and in ancient writings.? This is an interesting opening for me to read forward to see where we go from here. The character, Peleg, is to begin a twelve year journey of discovery to find trade routes or other people with an assortment of shipmates and friends. What will he discover about trade routes and people? How will it affect him? Will all of them make it back to home port? This story will answer these questions. One can see ramifications of dogma and its effect on people when the dogma is challenged. Jon is a Network Administrator and Web Developer for a medical company. He and his wife re-side in Baltimore, Maryland. Besides his work, he is also a concert pianist, and avid chess player, and studies jiu-jitsu. He lectures in area schools on Information Theory and Intelligent design. Although a work of fiction, there are many things that are taken from history and myth that are handled in a fictional manner in this book. If you have ever read or studied history or the Bible, you will note references to Sumerian, and slight references to Greek, and Egyptian mythology set in a fictional tale that is well written. I found this book to be an interesting historical fiction with some compelling references to many of the world cultures and religious philosophies we adopt today. I found references to biblical events without being preachy or presenting anything other than the event in the storyline. For me, although a good read, I can only give it a slightly above average read for most readers.
Saboe Has Definitely Done His Homeworkby Anonymous
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November 19, 2007: I don't like thick books with big words. They are too often nothing more than the ramblings of an author who is trying - but has not yet succeeded - in collecting his thoughts. In this case, however, the page count is fully justified. 'The Days of Peleg' packs what appears to be a lifetime of historical, philosophical, and theological study into a surprisingly concise and easy-to-read narrative. Concise? Yes. The length of this book is not due to repetition or incompetence but to the vast scope of the work - Saboe simply has a lot to say. And it's worth hearing. All of it. You'll probably enjoy this book more if you do a bit of research regarding 'out of place artifacts' before you begin. And a familiarity with the first fifteen chapters of Genesis will help as well. But even without prerequisites... well, if you've got the time, Saboe's got the book.
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