But I'm trying to figure out what would appeal to a convert about Mormonism? The guy trying to sell it in the book seems kind of skeezy and did OSC realize that he made Joseph Smith seem like a lecherous, lascivious, untrustworthy womanizer? This I noticed when I FIRST read the book and hadn't researched Mormonism as much.
And, having read some of No Man Knows My History, wasn't Joseph Smith tarred and feathered, arrested and run out of town for things such as trying to seduce people's daughters and treasure hunting?

I was through with OSC some time ago. I haven't read Saints, but enough of his other books had this weird, manipulative vibe to them that put me off.

He does have an annoying tendency to possess characters and use them to nag and fuss at people about marriage and babies.

Who is OSC? (shows how long I've been away, but then again I never read ANY Cult books...or paid attention to who wrote the ones in my Dad's library..)

Orsen Scott Card. SciFi writer from what I hear. I read a few of his books. One was ok.

A famous Mormon mostly sci fi writer. Saints is making me crazy, because who would convert this fast? This strange guy shows up and already you're in his religion? Does it really work that way? I'd be like, I am sorry, but no thanks. You seem rather skeezy.

Thanks!...never heard of him....back in the 60's and 70's when I was reading Sci-Fi I was a fan of Robert Heinlein and those of his ilk.

I don't waste any more of my valuable time reading anything by anyone who self-identifies as Mormon.

I do wish I was that logical. This book makes me want to bang my head against something. Titan is so much better with these singing Centaurs.

Bad Mormon SciFi. It doesn't get much worse than that. Maybe he feels in competition with L Ron Hubbard.



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Book of Abraham comes to mind.

It's about the only fiction book by a Mo author that was any good.

If you like crappy Mormon sci-fi writers who ruin everything, then you will love Brandon Sanderson, who besides writing really awful sci-fi novels, is also a professor at BYU. His most recent work has been to finish the Wheel of Time novels after the original author died. Since I loved the Wheel of Time books, I decided to read one of Sanderson's books, and it was the worst abomination I have ever read.

Granted it was his first book, but it was so horrible, filled with corny Mormon doctrinal ideas, and 2 dimensional characters who felt like they were originally written for a LDS seminary film about the glory of BYU students.