author of The Ivory Throne Manu S. Pillai
Kanan Gill is a naughty, weird genius—which, of course, is the perfect kind of genius to be. And Acts of God is a geeky, hilarious, thoroughly entertaining, and richly imaginative work of fiction. I couldn’t help but ‘hear’ every sentence in the author’s voice, which adds much charm to the writing, and every second page elicited a chuckle. But don’t let the inevitable laughter deceive you: behind all its lightness is a real talent at storytelling, a bold sense of creativity, and a capacity to hook even somewhat wary readers. After all, as a historian I was unsure about venturing into sci-fi, and certainly found myself thrown occasionally. But in the end, the book proved to be that special thing: unputdownable.”
author of The Blind Lady’s Descendants Anees Salim
A brilliantly self-aware and satirical debut, Acts of God confronts all of us with an existential question: What if the creator was actually a mad scientist?”
author of The Wall Gautam Bhatia
Kanan Gill’s Acts of God is an intriguing—and fresh—take on the classic SF warning against the temptation to literally play God.”
author of Farthest Field Raghu Karnad
This is an audacious daredevil of a book. Acts of God vaults higher and higher through fireworks of invention and imagination—while somewhere even higher, I thought, the spirits of Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut watch and applaud.”
Publishers Weekly
The smartest person in the world gets regularly flummoxed by an incompetent private eye in debut novelist Gill’s mischievous satire on the ability of simulated life to tackle real problems…Gill flips facile formulations about ignorance being bliss and knowledge being power on their heads by showing how important balance is…It’s good fun.”
