Land of the Headless by Adam Roberts (from the SciFan database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)


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	Land of the Headless, by Adam Roberts


	Novel, first publication in June 2007


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	THE LAND OF THE HEADLESS is set in a far future where mankind has taken his religious dogma and the divsions that result from it out into space. On a planet where society is shaped by a strict adherance to the word of God as laid out in the Old Testament and Quran a poet is accused of the rape of a woman. Found guilty he must face the punishment laid down in the Good Book; beheading. Beheaded, he is fitted with a neck valve, ordinator and basic sensory equipment and sent out into the world. But he bears a terrible and very visible stigma. the only way he can make a living is to join the army and serve in the war against the neighbouring planet. And plan his revenge against the man he believes is really guilty. LAND OF THE HEADLESS is a searing satire of religious fundamentalism, a novel of love and war and a study of self-delusion. It is an elegantly written, thought-provoking and unique SF novel.


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	Far Futures Religion - Theology - Gods & Deities - Faith - Priests & Clerics Robots - Androids - Cyborgs



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