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Zombie Theory: A Novella
Sarah is a friendly, intelligent zombie. She has a kind heart and charming personality, but most people can't see past her terrifying exterior. How will she survive in a discriminating world that sees her as nothing more than a monster?
The Zombie Gospel is a satirical work of social science fiction. Within its pages, the undead find hope and salvation amidst the rot and decay of postmodern life.
The Zombie Gospel is a satirical work of social science fiction. Within its pages, the undead find hope and salvation amidst the rot and decay of postmodern life.
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180 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 30, 2012
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April 8, 2013
Compelling reading. Great writing. Fascinating premise.
I don’t particularly like Zombie fiction. Zombies are gross. And creepy. And they stink. But, every once in a while, I’m sucked into reading one with a fascinating premise. So, I pinch my nose and go for it.
In Zombie Theory, Peter Jason Payne uses a series of interlocking stories with fascinating characters to do what the best Science Fiction and Fantasy does-- explore and illuminate the best and worst of humanity. And Payne does it exceptionally well.
Fragments of an exploding comet fill earth’s atmosphere with a virus that infects every person on earth. Anyone can become a zombie. While some countries burn and behead the undead, America tries for tolerance and acceptance. Big Pharma develops drugs to ensure the living die when they should, but if you can’t afford the prescription, you may wake up undead and find your favorite relative behind the barrel of a shotgun. If you do make it through your early days as a zombie, there are drugs to help keep the decay at bay. Nothing hides the stink, though.
What does it mean to be alive? What is a monster? With enough (very imaginative) explanation to help me suspend disbelief, I was deftly led into stories that highlight questions of morality, judgment, redemption, bigotry, self-hatred (I hate zombies, but I am one), and the dangers of dehumanization.
But, don’t expect preachiness here, this story is visceral. Zombie Theory aims for your gut, not your brain.
Picks and Nits: A couple of strolls into odd tenses and points of view caused confusion and temporarily took me out of the story. Some minor capitalization issues (RNA, for example), if fixed, would help the reader follow the medical explanations better, and a few times I caught myself asking “didn’t I just read that exact phrase?” Both the main story and the epilogue ended right where they should, but could have used a bit more punch. They seemed to just trail off which left me feeling a bit unsatisfied.
Overall: I loved Zombie Theory and highly recommend it. I’ll be looking for more of Payne’s work. Hopefully, he doesn’t just do zombies. I’m still burning incense to get the stench out of my mind.
I don’t particularly like Zombie fiction. Zombies are gross. And creepy. And they stink. But, every once in a while, I’m sucked into reading one with a fascinating premise. So, I pinch my nose and go for it.
In Zombie Theory, Peter Jason Payne uses a series of interlocking stories with fascinating characters to do what the best Science Fiction and Fantasy does-- explore and illuminate the best and worst of humanity. And Payne does it exceptionally well.
Fragments of an exploding comet fill earth’s atmosphere with a virus that infects every person on earth. Anyone can become a zombie. While some countries burn and behead the undead, America tries for tolerance and acceptance. Big Pharma develops drugs to ensure the living die when they should, but if you can’t afford the prescription, you may wake up undead and find your favorite relative behind the barrel of a shotgun. If you do make it through your early days as a zombie, there are drugs to help keep the decay at bay. Nothing hides the stink, though.
What does it mean to be alive? What is a monster? With enough (very imaginative) explanation to help me suspend disbelief, I was deftly led into stories that highlight questions of morality, judgment, redemption, bigotry, self-hatred (I hate zombies, but I am one), and the dangers of dehumanization.
But, don’t expect preachiness here, this story is visceral. Zombie Theory aims for your gut, not your brain.
Picks and Nits: A couple of strolls into odd tenses and points of view caused confusion and temporarily took me out of the story. Some minor capitalization issues (RNA, for example), if fixed, would help the reader follow the medical explanations better, and a few times I caught myself asking “didn’t I just read that exact phrase?” Both the main story and the epilogue ended right where they should, but could have used a bit more punch. They seemed to just trail off which left me feeling a bit unsatisfied.
Overall: I loved Zombie Theory and highly recommend it. I’ll be looking for more of Payne’s work. Hopefully, he doesn’t just do zombies. I’m still burning incense to get the stench out of my mind.
October 31, 2014
I'm not familiar with zombie fiction and this was a thought provoking introduction to the genre. Payne's writing is fluent and confident. The central premise that a virus of astral origin, the Lazarus virus, is causing necrogenesis in a proportion of the human race is an ingenious vehicle for exploring a big theme, namely the nature and effect of prejudice in all its ugly guises. Basing this exploration on a hypothetical condition makes its impact more telling and universal. The parallels with racism and homophobia are particularly strong.
The pacing of these interlocking stories based around thirteen different characters was effective and held my interest throughout. The characters themselves were rather two dimensional, tending towards polarised embodiments of good and evil. For example, zombie Sarah who is miraculously regenerated by an experimental therapy and even achieves the impossible by managing to conceive, is unmitigated sweetness and light. Lou Ann, Sarah's former flatmate embodies all the evil facets of prejudice. Louise, Sarah's mother is the archetypal overbearing mother. This polarisation gave the novel an allegorical feel rather than a sense of being drawn into the lives of real people, whether living or undead. An element of telling rather than showing also hampered the narrative at times, particularly in the writer's habit of adding intrusive adjectives like 'the disgruntled mother' 'the disgusted woman', 'the vexed woman' 'the indignant father'. In all these examples, the dialogue and context amply conveyed these descriptions. The reader didn't need to be told.
The ending was upbeat although the moralising tone of the characters' concluding discussion about the way forward for a more enlightened society, jarred on me at times. However, there is a great deal to admire in this bold narrative experiment and it certainly gave me a taste for more of Peter Payne's work.
The pacing of these interlocking stories based around thirteen different characters was effective and held my interest throughout. The characters themselves were rather two dimensional, tending towards polarised embodiments of good and evil. For example, zombie Sarah who is miraculously regenerated by an experimental therapy and even achieves the impossible by managing to conceive, is unmitigated sweetness and light. Lou Ann, Sarah's former flatmate embodies all the evil facets of prejudice. Louise, Sarah's mother is the archetypal overbearing mother. This polarisation gave the novel an allegorical feel rather than a sense of being drawn into the lives of real people, whether living or undead. An element of telling rather than showing also hampered the narrative at times, particularly in the writer's habit of adding intrusive adjectives like 'the disgruntled mother' 'the disgusted woman', 'the vexed woman' 'the indignant father'. In all these examples, the dialogue and context amply conveyed these descriptions. The reader didn't need to be told.
The ending was upbeat although the moralising tone of the characters' concluding discussion about the way forward for a more enlightened society, jarred on me at times. However, there is a great deal to admire in this bold narrative experiment and it certainly gave me a taste for more of Peter Payne's work.
October 17, 2014
The Zombie Gospel.
As a Gospel, the central content of Christian revelation, it falls somewhat short of its remit. As a commentary on the social and economic realities of modern America, it reflects all too accurately the malaise of 21st century society. Indifference, sexual and racial discrimination, selfishness, greed, I know better than you, and lack of humanity are all evident in the parables within this short collection of related scriptures.
Zombies are not normally my cup of tea but this short novel was short enough to keep me reading right through in a couple of sittings. I found the change from 3rd to 2nd person distracting. I also found the dialogue only story of Louise and Sarah to be too much like a script with no stage direction added. It lacked emotion or connection for me and left me disinterested in either person. In fact, I had trouble connecting with any of the characters due to the lack of any insight into what made them function, what made them tick. The whole book is a strict interpretation of ‘stripped-back’ dialogue and minimalist narrative. I got no sense of emotion from the dialogue and no sense of history from the narrative. It was just a little too stripped-back for my taste.
The moral of the story comes through in spite of these shortcomings. I won’t spoil the somewhat surprising conclusion but I will say that I was expecting a much darker and more violent ending than the author presented. The slightly uplifting parable made for a hopeful outcome to our future, should the Zombie apocalypse happen!
As a Gospel, the central content of Christian revelation, it falls somewhat short of its remit. As a commentary on the social and economic realities of modern America, it reflects all too accurately the malaise of 21st century society. Indifference, sexual and racial discrimination, selfishness, greed, I know better than you, and lack of humanity are all evident in the parables within this short collection of related scriptures.
Zombies are not normally my cup of tea but this short novel was short enough to keep me reading right through in a couple of sittings. I found the change from 3rd to 2nd person distracting. I also found the dialogue only story of Louise and Sarah to be too much like a script with no stage direction added. It lacked emotion or connection for me and left me disinterested in either person. In fact, I had trouble connecting with any of the characters due to the lack of any insight into what made them function, what made them tick. The whole book is a strict interpretation of ‘stripped-back’ dialogue and minimalist narrative. I got no sense of emotion from the dialogue and no sense of history from the narrative. It was just a little too stripped-back for my taste.
The moral of the story comes through in spite of these shortcomings. I won’t spoil the somewhat surprising conclusion but I will say that I was expecting a much darker and more violent ending than the author presented. The slightly uplifting parable made for a hopeful outcome to our future, should the Zombie apocalypse happen!
May 11, 2013
A sometimes grisly story of prejudice and coexistence.
February 26, 2014
I liked this book far better than I had expected. The word ‘zombie’ is an instant turn-off for me and undeniably the undead, desiccating flesh, ghoulish decomposition, the consumption of dead brains and live seafood were all very vividly featured. But this is one of those books which goes to prove the maxim that what a book is essentially ABOUT is not always the same as what happens in it. In fact the subject of this book is intolerance. It highlights our propensity to make diversity an excuse for bigotry and explores our fear of anything which is different to us.
In some future time a meteor shower infects everyone with a virus which means that those who die remain ‘undead’ zombies. Only the religious consumption of preventative medications save the living from this fate but failure to follow the regime, or abuse of the drugs, results in a growing population of undead. The bodily decomposition of these zombies makes them an easy target for mainstream society and they suffer extreme prejudice in some cases even from their own families. Happily, a new treatment means that they can regenerate so that they look the same as their living neighbours (or better), but this makes matters worse as it means that they could become unrecognisable to their bigoted fellow-citizens, and enmity and suspicion escalate in the small Floridian town.
In one sense I thought taking a culturally popular motif and using it to explore these relevant but prickly issues was a master-stroke; this book would be an ideal launch pad for discussions about race and colour, religious diversity, cultural difference, alternative sexuality and personal identity with teens. At one point a character identifies the things that are important in her life; positive relationships, realistic goals, a healthy self-image. What more do we wish for our teenage children? In spite of its sometimes gruesome plot, which includes some violent and sexual content, this book really is a ‘gospel’ – good news. In another sense I felt that the underlying themes of prejudice and the struggle for tolerance and personal identity, not to mention the positive message, were wasted and the zombies were maybe even a bit of a cop-out. Surely the ostracised minority communities of any small town in the real world would provide an equivalent platform for this very valid exploration of these important and relevant themes, and have far more impact?
But more even than the subject I liked the way Peter Jason Payne has structured his novel. He describes it as a ‘fractured narrative of four polyphonic novelettes’ although I thought it had far more unity than that. Told from shifting points of view (polyphonic) the narrative describes a town in crisis by zooming in on the lives of some half dozen residents all struggling with different aspects of the same issues. The focus bounces from one to another, but cleverly keeps them all in view as a major character in one section is mentioned or seen in passing in another. As events escalate they are brought closer and closer together, the ripple-effect in reverse, as the town mob and the authorities converge on one house. The technique gave the book what I call a ‘readerly’ quality – it kept me on my toes, keeping track of who was who, and related to whom, and dealing with what, and I regretted that I was reading it on my kindle as quite a bit of skipping back was required. This isn’t a criticism; I like it when a writer asks me to engage in the narrative. I’d have liked the author to develop this further – perhaps by adding some time-shift. J.R. Crook’s award-winning ‘Sleeping Patterns’ came to mind. This isn’t as polished, and the zombie motif cheapens it, but it’s in the same vein.
A short synopsis at the beginning of each section, followed by an even shorter, italicised one or two sentence summary, was an odd addendum as it gave away they content beforehand, although it was occasionally misleading. However it did give the book the experimental, almost draft appeal the author was perhaps seeking.
Although I found his subject matter gruesome I did admire some of Payne’s descriptive language, and especially that he took the time and trouble to sketch in some landscape or meteorological detail which I think adds so much to a book but which is, sadly, so often omitted by modern writers these days. I was sorry that the promised explosive climax to the story did not materialise. I thought he wimped out on that. Some close attention to proof reading would eradicate some typographical and grammatical errors. However, once I got past the zombies this was a surprisingly interesting and challenging read, and taught me never to judge a book by its cover.
In some future time a meteor shower infects everyone with a virus which means that those who die remain ‘undead’ zombies. Only the religious consumption of preventative medications save the living from this fate but failure to follow the regime, or abuse of the drugs, results in a growing population of undead. The bodily decomposition of these zombies makes them an easy target for mainstream society and they suffer extreme prejudice in some cases even from their own families. Happily, a new treatment means that they can regenerate so that they look the same as their living neighbours (or better), but this makes matters worse as it means that they could become unrecognisable to their bigoted fellow-citizens, and enmity and suspicion escalate in the small Floridian town.
In one sense I thought taking a culturally popular motif and using it to explore these relevant but prickly issues was a master-stroke; this book would be an ideal launch pad for discussions about race and colour, religious diversity, cultural difference, alternative sexuality and personal identity with teens. At one point a character identifies the things that are important in her life; positive relationships, realistic goals, a healthy self-image. What more do we wish for our teenage children? In spite of its sometimes gruesome plot, which includes some violent and sexual content, this book really is a ‘gospel’ – good news. In another sense I felt that the underlying themes of prejudice and the struggle for tolerance and personal identity, not to mention the positive message, were wasted and the zombies were maybe even a bit of a cop-out. Surely the ostracised minority communities of any small town in the real world would provide an equivalent platform for this very valid exploration of these important and relevant themes, and have far more impact?
But more even than the subject I liked the way Peter Jason Payne has structured his novel. He describes it as a ‘fractured narrative of four polyphonic novelettes’ although I thought it had far more unity than that. Told from shifting points of view (polyphonic) the narrative describes a town in crisis by zooming in on the lives of some half dozen residents all struggling with different aspects of the same issues. The focus bounces from one to another, but cleverly keeps them all in view as a major character in one section is mentioned or seen in passing in another. As events escalate they are brought closer and closer together, the ripple-effect in reverse, as the town mob and the authorities converge on one house. The technique gave the book what I call a ‘readerly’ quality – it kept me on my toes, keeping track of who was who, and related to whom, and dealing with what, and I regretted that I was reading it on my kindle as quite a bit of skipping back was required. This isn’t a criticism; I like it when a writer asks me to engage in the narrative. I’d have liked the author to develop this further – perhaps by adding some time-shift. J.R. Crook’s award-winning ‘Sleeping Patterns’ came to mind. This isn’t as polished, and the zombie motif cheapens it, but it’s in the same vein.
A short synopsis at the beginning of each section, followed by an even shorter, italicised one or two sentence summary, was an odd addendum as it gave away they content beforehand, although it was occasionally misleading. However it did give the book the experimental, almost draft appeal the author was perhaps seeking.
Although I found his subject matter gruesome I did admire some of Payne’s descriptive language, and especially that he took the time and trouble to sketch in some landscape or meteorological detail which I think adds so much to a book but which is, sadly, so often omitted by modern writers these days. I was sorry that the promised explosive climax to the story did not materialise. I thought he wimped out on that. Some close attention to proof reading would eradicate some typographical and grammatical errors. However, once I got past the zombies this was a surprisingly interesting and challenging read, and taught me never to judge a book by its cover.
November 14, 2014
The theme of The Zombie Gospel was the burden of intolerance and prejudice, both on its victims and its perpetrators. But instead of using the vehicles we normally see for this theme (race, sexually identity, religious affiliation), the author pulls a neat trick by creating a world in which anyone could be a victim. Anyone who contracts the Lazarus virus might become a zombie and zombies, the undead, are victimized by the living. A once popular schoolgirl may be despised by society. A well-qualified banker has a hard time finding a job or a place to live. And, of course, the point of the intolerance spear was carried by the ‘Minutemen’, a group that takes intolerance to the next level: hatred.
The author makes no pretense that the book is the normal type of narrative that readers are accustomed to. In fact, the title calls the book ‘A Fractured Narrative’ and it is indeed fractured, moving from story to story; sometimes the stories are connected and other times they aren’t. Some readers will find this disconcerting, as the fractured nature of the narrative made the story (or stories) somewhat difficult to follow. Payne’s use of language and punctuation was creative and effective.
The characters are mostly flat and lightly developed. As to Sarah, the main character, we learn her backstory throughout the book. Some of the things we learn late in the book would have been helpful to know earlier. Obviously, Payne wanted to hammer away at his powerful theme and much of the dialogue seemed forced and repetitive.
The author makes no pretense that the book is the normal type of narrative that readers are accustomed to. In fact, the title calls the book ‘A Fractured Narrative’ and it is indeed fractured, moving from story to story; sometimes the stories are connected and other times they aren’t. Some readers will find this disconcerting, as the fractured nature of the narrative made the story (or stories) somewhat difficult to follow. Payne’s use of language and punctuation was creative and effective.
The characters are mostly flat and lightly developed. As to Sarah, the main character, we learn her backstory throughout the book. Some of the things we learn late in the book would have been helpful to know earlier. Obviously, Payne wanted to hammer away at his powerful theme and much of the dialogue seemed forced and repetitive.
February 14, 2014
As this is not my normal genre, it’s a little tricky to assess. If you’re looking for mindless undead, intent on killing the living with heroes protecting humanity from the menace, look elsewhere. This is a very unconventional twist on the zombie theme.
If the author’s intention was to make the reader hate unfounded prejudice, and be rather revolted by people eating live animals and brains, whilst being rotting putrid copses trying to carry on with their normal lives, he hit the nail on the head.
None of the characters, apart from Sarah and Bob were remotely appealing, most were bigoted idiots of the worst kind, hating the ‘undead’ because they were different. Not forgetting the shuffling, occasional drooling and the lurid descriptions of rotten smells emanating from animated corpses.
There were a few odd passages with strange tenses that detracted from the flow of the book, and I didn’t quite get the point of giving a synopsis at the beginning of each section.
I can’t say I enjoyed reading it, but I appreciate the work that went into this book, it was a look into someone else’s imagination. The issues of prejudice and discrimination could have been dealt with without the zombie theme, but having zombies as the ‘good guys’ in a lot of cases was an interesting idea. Although I’m not sure its what a typical reader of ‘Zombie fiction’ would be expecting.
If the author’s intention was to make the reader hate unfounded prejudice, and be rather revolted by people eating live animals and brains, whilst being rotting putrid copses trying to carry on with their normal lives, he hit the nail on the head.
None of the characters, apart from Sarah and Bob were remotely appealing, most were bigoted idiots of the worst kind, hating the ‘undead’ because they were different. Not forgetting the shuffling, occasional drooling and the lurid descriptions of rotten smells emanating from animated corpses.
There were a few odd passages with strange tenses that detracted from the flow of the book, and I didn’t quite get the point of giving a synopsis at the beginning of each section.
I can’t say I enjoyed reading it, but I appreciate the work that went into this book, it was a look into someone else’s imagination. The issues of prejudice and discrimination could have been dealt with without the zombie theme, but having zombies as the ‘good guys’ in a lot of cases was an interesting idea. Although I’m not sure its what a typical reader of ‘Zombie fiction’ would be expecting.
December 20, 2014
*** ½
The Zombie Gospel was my introduction to zombies. I liked the format of the book whereby there were several novellas that interlocked and overlapped. I enjoyed reading the novel from different points of view. Shifting from zombie to necrophobe illustrates Mr. Payne’s main points about prejudice and intolerance well. I also appreciated that there was a scientific reason for the zombies although this may be normal in zombie novels. Personally, I would have preferred the narration about the Lazarus virus at the start of the novel instead of as an afterthought. Although we learn most of the information contained in the epilogue throughout the novel, the confusion about the background takes over the focal point for the reader at times and that is not the purpose of the book.
Unfortunately, I found the characters to be flat and underdeveloped. Of course, this is an inherent problem with the use of novellas, but with The Zombie Gospels I felt several characters were actually the same person in different clothing. I also felt the dialogue was unrealistic and forced. The dialogue at the end of the novel felt especially forced.
Overall, I thought The Zombie Gospel used an original idea to discuss an important societal theme illustrating yet again that the word is more powerful than the sword.
The Zombie Gospel was my introduction to zombies. I liked the format of the book whereby there were several novellas that interlocked and overlapped. I enjoyed reading the novel from different points of view. Shifting from zombie to necrophobe illustrates Mr. Payne’s main points about prejudice and intolerance well. I also appreciated that there was a scientific reason for the zombies although this may be normal in zombie novels. Personally, I would have preferred the narration about the Lazarus virus at the start of the novel instead of as an afterthought. Although we learn most of the information contained in the epilogue throughout the novel, the confusion about the background takes over the focal point for the reader at times and that is not the purpose of the book.
Unfortunately, I found the characters to be flat and underdeveloped. Of course, this is an inherent problem with the use of novellas, but with The Zombie Gospels I felt several characters were actually the same person in different clothing. I also felt the dialogue was unrealistic and forced. The dialogue at the end of the novel felt especially forced.
Overall, I thought The Zombie Gospel used an original idea to discuss an important societal theme illustrating yet again that the word is more powerful than the sword.
March 15, 2014
I had the distinct feeling of familiarity with the story. Although I could not place where or when I had come across the storyline previously, or even in what format. Zombie/Apocalypse stories are not my genre of choice, either in literature or televisual format.
The authors decision to preface each chapter with notes explaining what was going to happen and why was a mistake in my view, and was totally unnecessary.
This probably encouraged my feelings of familiarity with the storyline. The author told us what was going to happen in just a few lines, and only left us to discover how it was going to happen by reading the following chapter. If it was not for this single fact I would have given the book 4 stars, as it was well written, and the author gave a very descriptive account of a post apocalypse world from the perspective of the non human inhabitants of the world that was left.
I found it impossible to have any sympathy at all with any of the characters, including the half human Sarah. Having said that, the character descriptions were well crafted, and I would recommend this book to anyone that favoured this particular genre.
The authors decision to preface each chapter with notes explaining what was going to happen and why was a mistake in my view, and was totally unnecessary.
This probably encouraged my feelings of familiarity with the storyline. The author told us what was going to happen in just a few lines, and only left us to discover how it was going to happen by reading the following chapter. If it was not for this single fact I would have given the book 4 stars, as it was well written, and the author gave a very descriptive account of a post apocalypse world from the perspective of the non human inhabitants of the world that was left.
I found it impossible to have any sympathy at all with any of the characters, including the half human Sarah. Having said that, the character descriptions were well crafted, and I would recommend this book to anyone that favoured this particular genre.
October 2, 2014
This book is a series of metaphors for tolerance and acceptance.
The Good: with the exception of a few instances where short choppy sentences would be better separated by semicolons, the writing is grammatically correct and logically ordered. This is a short, quick read
The Bad: the characters seem flat. The protagonists do not really have distinct personalities; each speaks with essentially the same voice. The antagonists are cardboard caricatures. All are portrayed as rude, brutish, gun-toting, redneck bigots. Not much flavor or variety in characterization.
The zombie genre, like any other, has general rules and reader expectations. The author ignores these to go off in his own direction. His idea is certainly different, but leaves me scratching my head. The author uses the genre, as he redefines it, as a backdrop to spice up his tales of societal and personal acceptance, rather than writing a zombie story.
The Bottom Line: the characters and general plot do not work for me. The Zombie Gospels is not a bad book, nor is it anything to get excited about.
The Good: with the exception of a few instances where short choppy sentences would be better separated by semicolons, the writing is grammatically correct and logically ordered. This is a short, quick read
The Bad: the characters seem flat. The protagonists do not really have distinct personalities; each speaks with essentially the same voice. The antagonists are cardboard caricatures. All are portrayed as rude, brutish, gun-toting, redneck bigots. Not much flavor or variety in characterization.
The zombie genre, like any other, has general rules and reader expectations. The author ignores these to go off in his own direction. His idea is certainly different, but leaves me scratching my head. The author uses the genre, as he redefines it, as a backdrop to spice up his tales of societal and personal acceptance, rather than writing a zombie story.
The Bottom Line: the characters and general plot do not work for me. The Zombie Gospels is not a bad book, nor is it anything to get excited about.
November 5, 2014
This book is labelled as four short stories tied together. But to me it felt like one big story. The story (spoilers) is a twist on the zombie idea where zombies are different and gruesome but not actually deadly. Can society learn to accept them is the big question. The stories of mistrust and tolerance parellel so many in the real world from aids, to gay rights to issues to racism. The most interesting aspect of tolerance for me in the book was our and the characters tolerance towards the intolerant. The intolerant characters struggle is one that many of our ancestors may have had to deal with regarding race issues for example. Looking back we may see that internal struggle as stupid but this book treats it in a more compassionate light. A lot of people choose to fight hate with hate but this book is a different kind of story.
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