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Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
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Behold the Man (1969)

by Michael Moorcock

Series: Karl Glogauer (1)

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Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ - a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?… (more)
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Title:Behold the Man
Authors:Michael Moorcock
Info:Mayflower, Paperback, 143 pages
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Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (1969)

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You can only die the religious experience ( )
  postsign | Dec 28, 2023 |
Great. Nothing like I was expecting from Michael Moorcock. I was surprised to see a novel listed in top Sci Fi books, My recollections were of almost Lovecraftian fantasy from my teenage reading, Really good read. ( )
  DavidRFWarner | Apr 5, 2023 |
I really don't have a problem with the fundamental premise of this book. It was probably even more daring upon its first publication. My problem is with the main character's motivations for going back in time to observe Christ--to get back at his shrewish, emasculating, psychoanalyzing girlfriend, who is often shown being that special 60/70s-woman-written-by-a-man harpy with no real purpose but to drive KG to manfully prove himself by proving that God is real? I appreciate the protag having a "human" motive beyond proving God is real (a pretty compelling motive, actually) but actually that sucked.

Which is a shame, because the fundamentals here are not bad. I've seen them before, but only in later works, which leads me to believe this may be one of the first iterations of this SF-nonbeliever type thing. ( )
  Adamantium | Aug 21, 2022 |
A bit trite, considering the subject matter, but engaging. More of a fleshed-out thought experiment than a novel, though. ( )
  mkfs | Aug 13, 2022 |
Time travel science fiction with a surprising ending. Well written and too much to give away with further discussion. ( )
  MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 |
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Michael Moorcockprimary authorall editionscalculated
Burns, JimCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Foster, BobCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Langowski, JürgenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Scholz, AlfredTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Taylor, GeoffCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The Time Machine is a sphere full of milky fluid in which the traveler floats enclosed in a rubber suit, breathing through a mask attached to a hose leading into the wall of the machine.
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Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ - a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?

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