The God Hater (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Dr. Nicholas Mackenzie: A professor who has a reputation of being a "God hater". He is drawn into his brother's attempt to create an Artificial Intelligence world.
• Annie Brooks: A colleague and friends of Nicholas's. She has a 5 year old son.
• Travis Mackenzie: Brother of Nicholas, though they are estranged. He is attempting to create an Arificial Intelligence virtual world where characters have free will.
• Hugh: Colleague of Travis's who is a computer programming wiz.
• Kallab: An AI personage who is a Breaker. He planned to be a member of the Council but became discouraged when he couldn't control his thoughts and make his inside as perfect as he thought it should be.
• Rebecca: A former student of Nicholas's who is now working with Travis on the AI world project.
• Saida: Becomes Alpha's woman after he receives communication of the Law from The Programmer which tells him it is OK to kill the rats that have been causing the disease that's wiping out the personages. She bears him 2 children. She is also the first to listen to The Virus.
• Dortha: An AI personage with the Breakers. She's a prostitute.
• Rusty Brooks: Annie's 5 year old son who is quite intelligent. He and Nicholas play video games together.
• Nyrah: Alpha's and Saida's daughter--The apple of her father's eye, she breaks from the family when she realizes that she can never live up to the level of perfection he expects. She is with the Breakers as a prostitute.
• Fran: Annie's babysitter--also a bit of a computer wiz.
• Claire: Matthew's daughter.
• Matthew Hostetler: An FBI agent.
• Agapoff: The head of the Reverse Engineering part of the AI project.
• Dixon: A wealthy man who is behind financing for the AI project.
• Orib: Alpha's and Saida's son, he embraces the Law and becomes a most outspoken member for punishing those who don't keep the Law.
• Alpha 11: Usually called Alpha, he is an AI personage based on Nicholas's deceased son Mikey.

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• Temple: A building in the AI world that is built to honor the location where Alpha first heard The Programmer.
• Santa Barbara: The real world city where Dr. Mackenzie and Dr. Brooks live and work.

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• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): One of the organizations interested in obtaining the AI technology.
• Breakers: Short for Law Breakers, it is the group of AI personages who are cast out because they choose not to try to keep the Law.
• Council: The group who determines what the penalties for breaking The Law will be. More concerned with The Law than with what it does to the Society. Concerned with their outer appearance and how they appear to others.

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• Our humanity and spirituality/religion: How does spirituality or religion help our human society evolve?
• The Role of Religion: The role belief in a more powerful being plays in societal development, and whether it makes a difference if that being is involved with its creation on a personal level.

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1. Bill Myers (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Bill Myers Website: Author's official website. There is a God Hater section on the website with more information about this book.

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