Man's First God

To create his first god, computer scientist Lawrence Victor recruits a human template from deep in his past.

But what gods can be born from old memories and bad histories?

And who else''s gods are waiting?

"''It is not a being Dr Victor, it is a tool of man... And even if it were - alive - in some sense,'' he smiled again, ''I am a soldier.

I do not need to concern myself with metaphysical quandaries....