

The alien, Hollus, has come to Earth to gain access to the museum's large collection of fossils, and to study accumulated human knowledge in order to gather evidence of the existence of God.

Thomas Jericho, a paleontologist working at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada makes the first human-to-alien contact when a "Forhilnor", a spider-like alien from the third planet of the Beta Hydri system arrives on Earth to investigate Earth's evolutionary history. Several planetary civilizations illustrate the logical conclusion of the Fermi paradox.Ĭalculating God received nominations for both the Hugo and John W. The bulk of the novel covers the many discussions and arguments on this topic, as well as about the nature of belief, religion, and science. It takes place in the present day and describes the arrival on Earth of sentient aliens. Sawyer Calculating God AuthorĬalculating God is a 2000 science fiction novel by Canadian writer Robert J.
