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While many Jews have writ-
ten science fiction (Isaac Asimov
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none has imagined the genre of
"Jewish science fiction." Until
now.
That gaping void has been
filled splendidly by D.J. Kessler
in this first volume of what he
promises will be a series devoted
to Jewish science fiction. Mr.
Kessler's small publishing house
in Eugene, Ore., appropriately re-
lies on one of technology's newest
feats, the Internet, to advertise
the book. There may be 40 mil-
lion people who surf the net, but
not many have stopped at his
web page: httpi/www.the-
stars-of-david.com . The book
deserves a wider audience.
This volume features two

unique stories — "Can Androids
Be Jewish?," by Joe Sampliner,
and "Miriam's World," by Sol
Weiss. The first is a funny tale
about a planet where androids
mine "precious minerals, ores,
gems and crystals." There is a fas-
cinating, parenthetical discussion
about the difference between
them and robots. The activity is
managed by one human, Josh
Kominski, who is told on his ar-
rival by the androids that they
have to convert to Judaism. This
raises such questions as whether
or not creatures who don't eat can
keep kosher. One android who
acts like a Yiddish bubbe is un-
forgettable.
"Miriam's World" is a more se-
rious account of an event in the
29th century when descendants
of the Nazis threaten the exis-
tence of Israel and its many set-
tlements in space. The author
implies that 1,000 years from
now, anti-Semites could start an-
other Holocaust. "Miriam's Q±'
World" is a trilogy and, like the
episodes in old-fashioned movie
serials, it stops at a crucial point
of suspense, ensuring readers
that there will be a second vol-
ume.
Mr. Kessler deserves our grat-
itude for bringing together his
love for Judaism and science fic-
tion. Readers have the unusual
opportunity to be in on the cre-
ation of a bold new world for Jew-
ish readers. Don't miss it!

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ertain rituals recur in the
life of a nation. Each fall,
we can expect a newspa-
per story on autumn's
beauty and changing leaves.
Each winter, we can expect a sto-
ry about winterizing our cars, our
homes, ourselves. Each spring,
there are photographs of people
in shorts and T-shirts, pushing
baby carriages through newly
awakened parks. And each sum-
mer, we get — in addition to the
ritual photo of the beach — a
spread on summer books.

Rabbi David Wolpe is assistant to
the chancellor at the Jewish
Theological Seminary in New
York and is the author of many
books.

Summer books are books that
share several qualities: They are
fat to take up the long lazy days
and nights. They are paperback,
for easy transport. They are easy
to read, since vacation is no time
for arduous mental labor. They
are beach books, so we don't care
if the sea sprays their pages.
When we come back from vaca-
tion we will donate them, give
them to a friend, sell them to the
local bookstore for 50 cents.
John Grisham, Danielle Steel,
Judith Krantz and other peren-
nial favorites write "beach
books." Read one summer, for-
gotten the next.
The British writer Graham
Greene used to call his lighter
books "entertainments." Enter-

