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The Lucifer Diary: Story of an Angel
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441 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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March 29, 2011
This book actually was surprisingly well written. I could not put it down! It has a little bit of everything and is for the most part biblically and historically correct. The title makes it sound kind of like it is for devil worshiper's and I got a lot of funny stares when reading it in a public place. However, it is just a story told from the perspective of Lucifer who never loses sight of the fact that he is in the end going to lose.
May 28, 2012
Love this book! I have read it twice, and I have to say it will never bore me! Incredible genius on the author's part; he has used Ellen White's writings to verify his facts (kudos for that); very well-written and attention-grabbing. Recommend it for anyone who likes/loves Biblical narratives and/or historical fiction.
June 26, 2011
This is an out-of-print book that is worth a read if you can get your hands on a copy. Very well written and thought out. Here is what the back cover says:
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An Angel story like nothing you've every read!
"All right," I said to the nervous angel standing before me, "let's see if we can limit the damage. Exactly what clues did you leave for Einstein?"
"Just the special theory of relativity, Master," he replied. "Oh, and he has the formula."
"Which forumla?"
"Just the basic one, Master. E=mc2."
I have never screamed so loudly. "Guards! Take him away! He has just doomed the last territory we hold in the cosmos."
More often than we realize, we get hints that we're not alone - that just beyond the limits of sight and sound are cosmic visitors who touch our lives. Like the unexplained impulse that makes you pause before stepping in front of the truck you hadn't seen. Or the flight you just missed - and later read about.
And, sometimes, a hint of evil...as if, out where our senses cannot travel, there is somthing looking for our souls...
This is no ordinary angel book. It is a story of epic proportions told by the mightiest angel of them all. It begins in the cosmos, in a place called the Realm of Light. It ends in the ruins of San Francisco. And it unmasks the hidden forces that change our world.
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An Angel story like nothing you've every read!
"All right," I said to the nervous angel standing before me, "let's see if we can limit the damage. Exactly what clues did you leave for Einstein?"
"Just the special theory of relativity, Master," he replied. "Oh, and he has the formula."
"Which forumla?"
"Just the basic one, Master. E=mc2."
I have never screamed so loudly. "Guards! Take him away! He has just doomed the last territory we hold in the cosmos."
More often than we realize, we get hints that we're not alone - that just beyond the limits of sight and sound are cosmic visitors who touch our lives. Like the unexplained impulse that makes you pause before stepping in front of the truck you hadn't seen. Or the flight you just missed - and later read about.
And, sometimes, a hint of evil...as if, out where our senses cannot travel, there is somthing looking for our souls...
This is no ordinary angel book. It is a story of epic proportions told by the mightiest angel of them all. It begins in the cosmos, in a place called the Realm of Light. It ends in the ruins of San Francisco. And it unmasks the hidden forces that change our world.
August 9, 2013
I liked it! The whole book my brain was fighting back and forth of trying to figure out to root for, I'm so used to rooting for the main character of whatever book I'm reading, but in this book, God is the good guy!
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August 24, 2020-----
8/24/20—I must've gotten this for free from work or it was a thrift buy or something. No notes anywhere else about it. Since I'm trying to pare down the belongings a smidge I'm letting it go, but it's intriguing enough to me to log here. Maybe someday I'll search it out again for a read.
8/24/20—I must've gotten this for free from work or it was a thrift buy or something. No notes anywhere else about it. Since I'm trying to pare down the belongings a smidge I'm letting it go, but it's intriguing enough to me to log here. Maybe someday I'll search it out again for a read.
October 30, 2023
There are 2 editions of this book. Read them both simultaneously if you can, there's small revisions and additions in the later version that convey more tension in the events and main character's internal dialogue.
Excerpts like this are why I gave four stars where the later problems would pull it to three: "The old man will spend a wretched, sleepless night in the drafty wetness of his grotto, probably protecting the wrinkled parchments with his own body. He will shiver the dark hours away, racked by painful joints and aching bones while he pleads for the storm to end, and then he'll have to arise to another hard day in the quarry.
And as I look back at the island, glimmering in one last patch of sunlight before the storm, I would give anything to trade places with the old apostle."
I loved the writing style until just about the last 150 or so pages. The story is at its best when the writer focuses on how a character interprets events, less so when they comment on them (especially with the bias of American exceptionalism). The pacing can be a bit haphazard due to this at times, which caused the ending to feel rushed, especially when the book covers huge events very quickly. I feel the second edition has a more satisfying narrative conclusion than its predecessor.
Excerpts like this are why I gave four stars where the later problems would pull it to three: "The old man will spend a wretched, sleepless night in the drafty wetness of his grotto, probably protecting the wrinkled parchments with his own body. He will shiver the dark hours away, racked by painful joints and aching bones while he pleads for the storm to end, and then he'll have to arise to another hard day in the quarry.
And as I look back at the island, glimmering in one last patch of sunlight before the storm, I would give anything to trade places with the old apostle."
I loved the writing style until just about the last 150 or so pages. The story is at its best when the writer focuses on how a character interprets events, less so when they comment on them (especially with the bias of American exceptionalism). The pacing can be a bit haphazard due to this at times, which caused the ending to feel rushed, especially when the book covers huge events very quickly. I feel the second edition has a more satisfying narrative conclusion than its predecessor.
January 24, 2023
This book was a DNF. At first i thought i was going to really enjoy this book, but as i continued with the story i was really disappointed that the author gave the impression that Satan was more powerful then God. I do realize that this book was fiction, but to have it where Satan knew what God was going to do before He did it was the end for me.
May 2, 2012
I absolutely loved this book! My religious beliefs align with the idea that there was a war in Heaven and those who chose to side with Lucifer were cast out. But what if you were rebelling against Lucifer at the time and your every intent was to be on God's side? This little angel got swept away by mistake!! Aughhhh!!
February 16, 2013
One of my all-time favorite books, and the novel that inspired me to begin writing. This is an intriguing and sad tale of Lucifer's fall from grace, and his attempts to seduce mankind into sinning. You won't forget this book after you've read it.
February 3, 2017
I read it I lend it to friends and they did not return so I went to Amazon and after the exchange and shipping 81 $ the first one I paid 25 cents at salvation Army, everyone who read it said iwas great and the author had to haven read TGC
November 30, 2013
Enjoyed this book. It is a allegory told through the diary of Lucifer. Very interesting. The book is no longer in print.
May 23, 2025
This was not what I thought it would be, but still a great look at the history of the world through an Angel's eyes.
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