Time-Slip

Graham Dunstan Martin

Synopsis:
There's been a nuclear war, and Scotland is one of the few places still habitable. Most people are sterile, there are lots of mutants around, and science is the new satanism - there are lots of different religions, around which society is entirely based.

The book follows the story of Peter Gilchrist, and the religion he founds.

Review:
My god, a book about religion and good and evil generally, and I didn't hate it. Miracles do happen.

The new religion dealt with the idea of parallel universes wherein every possibility is played out (kinda like in Red Dwarf and Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy). The book put a nice original spin on this theory (one I've personally always been quite taken with) by dealing with the consequences of having a sizeable chunk of the population enbrace that idea with religious fervour. It also dealt with the personal consequences for Peter Gilchrist and his family.

I really liked this book, and there isn't much more I can say without giving too much away, so I'm going to go a bit more generic.

I like post-apocalypticy stuff. Shame it's not so fashionable any more. The eighties were really the height of post-apocalptic dramas. The best of them (this included) manage to capture a wonderful bleak, alien feel. I was reminded a little of Monica Hughes 'Devil on My Back' series, although more in feel than content. I especially like original ideas of how society would re-order itself, given the opportunity to start again from scratch. I think the scenario described in this book was very plausable.

Anyway - read it.