| The God Makers | |
| Author: | Frank Herbert |
| Cover Artist: | Vincent DiFate |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Publisher: | Putnam |
| Release Date: | 1972 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-399-11006-2 |
| Dewey: | 813/.5/4 |
| Congress: | PZ4.H5356 Go PS3558.E63 |
| Oclc: | 534343 |
The God Makers (1972) is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. Some later editions used a variant title, The Godmakers.[1]
The novel The Godmakers expands upon a storyline appearing in four short stories over a decade earlier:
The story focuses on Lewis Orne, an agent for a government agency which develops 'lost planets.' After correctly identifying a warlike civilization on the planet Hamal, he is drafted into Investigative Adjustment (I-A), which manages dangerous planets. Under the auspices of I-A, he travels to various planets in order to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. At the same time, the priests of the planet Amel, who practice 'religious engineering', set about creating a god, something they have done numerous times before:
We do not know from what creature or thing the god will be born', the Abbod said. 'It could be one of you.May 2024.After resolving a number of dangerous situations, Lewis is injured and has a near-death experience. Following this, his psychic powers develop, and after passing a series of tests he becomes a god.
Colin Greenland reviewed The Godmakers for Imagine magazine, and stated that "For all his ever-expanding cosmic perspective, Herbert still writes characters who look and sound as if they'd been cut off the backs of cornflake packets."[3]