Mr. g, Alan Lightman
Mr. g, Alan Lightman
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Mr. g
A Novel about the Creation

Author: Alan Lightman

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2012

Synopsis

With echoes of Calvino, Rushdie, and Saramago, this is a stunningly imaginative work that celebrates the tragic and joyous nature of existence on the grandest possible scale. As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe. So begins Alan Lightmans playful and profound new novel, Mr. g, the story of Creation as narrated by God. Bored with living in the shimmering Void with his bickering Uncle Deva and Aunt Penelope, Mr. g creates time, space, and matterthen moves on to stars, planets, consciousness, and finally intelligent beings with moral dilemmas. But even the bestlaid plans can go awry, and Mr. g discovers that with his creation of space and time come unforeseen consequencesespecially in the form of the mysterious Belhor, a clever and devious rival. An intellectual equal to Mr. g, Belhor delights in provocation: he demands an explanation for the inexplicable, requests that intelligent creatures not be subject to rational laws, and maintains the necessity of evil. As Mr. g watches his favorite universe grow into maturity, he begins to understand how the act of creation can change the Creator himself.

About Alan Lightman

Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist. He was educated at Princeton University and at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a PhD in theoretical physics. Lightman is the author of five novels, including the international bestseller Einstein’s Dreams, two collections of essays, a book-­length narrative poem, and several books on science. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adwoa on June 21, 2012

In Alan Lightman's latest novel, the reader is once again played for a sucker. A turn of phrase I use completely without rancor - I wouldn't have it any other way. Einstein's Dreams introduced a voracious scientific mind whose gentle observations on the possibilities of the world are set forth with a......more

Goodreads review by Marco on June 03, 2012

There are times when a handful of stars seems an imprecise way to judge a work. In many ways it's almost easier to cheat and say simply whether or not one likes something than to determine how much one enjoyed it. This is evidenced in the fact that I have now changed my rating twice since finishing......more

Goodreads review by Ron on December 25, 2013

A theoretical physicist at MIT, Lightman is an atheist who’s fascinated by the heavens and the profound philosophical questions that attract both theologians and scientists. If we’re to have any meaningful dialogue between people of faith and people without it, that dialogue will surely have to be b......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on August 24, 2012

This is a very funny/odd little book. Put in your shaker: 1 part mythology 1 part cosmology 1 part philosophy 1 part science (other) Add some pink sparkly ice cubes into the void, shake vigorously while creating the song of your new universe, and pour carefully into your favorite glass. The thing I loved......more

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