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The Book of Strange New Things

The Book of Strange New Things
Michel Faber

The Book of Strange New Things is a 2014 science fiction novel by Dutch-born author Michel Faber. The work was first published in the United States on October 28, 2014 and concerns an English pastor who is sent to the planet of Oasis to teach its reclusive native inhabitants about Christianity. Michel Faber has stated that The Book of Strange New Things may be his last written work.Amazon Studios released a pilot episode of a television adaptation, Oasis, in March 2017.

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“Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”

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“The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory.”

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