Book Review: St. Vidicon to the Rescue by Christopher Stasheff

Meet the patron saint of technology - St. Vidicon. During an unfortunate incident during the Pope's broadcast to the masses, Father Vidicon dies for his faith and finds himself in a limbo of sorts, battling against Finagle's General Principle, Murphy's Law and the Spirit of all Paradox. Father Vidicon recruits IT pro Tony Ricci to aid him, and in return, gives Tony a little help in matters of the heart.

The novel is a choppy and in fact reads more like a book of short stories. That doesn't stop the fun of imagining that traffic lights and television broadcasts are really made possible by tiny gnomes. And Stasheff is a master of imitating the tone, word order and pacing of a King James Bible or high mass. This mastery may make some portions of the novel tedious for some readers.

In short, a fun read for those plagued by technical problems or tasked with fixing them.

FTC Disclosure: I purchased my copy of this book and this review is unsolicited.