Mission (edition 1981)

An absolute must-read for human beings!

It's the second coming of Christ, and finally we get the real explanation of God and existence. An amazing Jesus story and the main character's skepticism helps force Jesus to spell things out to the reader.

The amount of research Tilley must have done for this novel is simply staggering. ( )

This is hardly 'LITERATURE', but the central premise is so strong, and it's implications played out with such panache that some 20 years after first reading it, it's still a favourite. A body is found in a Manhattan hospital, with puncture marks in hands, feet and sides. It is, of course, Christ - time-travelling between Biblical times and the present day. It's a real page turner, with terrific backstory, and a final few pages that had the hairs on the back of my neck at full attention. ( )

a must read. this book seems to have disappeared despite demand.................hmmm........... ( )

Not sure how I liked this one. It's really a science fiction tale giving an 'explanation' of what really happened 2000 years ago when Jesus 'walked' the earth, but is set in 20th century downtown New York. There is time travel involved, and concepts of God and the Universe (sometimes in mind-boggling detail), with a reasonable storyline. I'm not sure truly religious readers would like it as the story does require a very open mind! I found myself skipping the deeply science-fictional psychco-babble parts to move on with the story. The ending was a bit of a let-down too. Still, it didn't take long to get through, and the genre was a nice change. ( )