The Alleluia Files

The Alleluia Files is a science fantasy novel by American writer Sharon Shinn, published in 1998. It is the third book in the Samaria series,[1] although it is the last to take place chronologically.[2]

The Alleluia Files
First edition
AuthorSharon Shinn
Cover artistJohn Jude Palencar
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSamaria series
GenreScience fantasy
PublisherAce Books
Publication date
1998
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages448
ISBN978-0-441-00620-5
OCLC41133590
Preceded byJovah's Angel 
Followed byAngelica 

Plot summary

Generations ago, religious people built a colony spaceship called Jehovah. A planet called Samaria was established. The colony ship, orbiting above, was able to provide supplies and services. These were accessed by genetically modified 'angels', who were the only ones capable of performing the right vocal tones.

Over the generations, the concept of the ship was forgotten and it was believed Jehovah was an actual deity. Now factions of 'angels' fight against rebel forces called 'Jacobites'. The angels want to keep their power and the Jacobites wish to know the truth.

gollark: My code is `O(lots)`.
gollark: Even gets around the evil Global Interpreter Lock for maximum performance.
gollark: Enterprise-level, fully deterministic execution of random code. Totally secure!
gollark: ```pythonimport itertoolsimport multiprocessing as mchars = [chr(x) for x in range(32, 126)]chars.extend(["\t", "\n"])def generate_for_length(length): return map(lambda chars: "".join(chars),itertools.combinations(chars, length))def generate(): for i in itertools.count(): for s in generate_for_length(i): yield sif __name__ == "__main__": def start(func): proc = m.Process(target=func) proc.start() io_queue = m.Queue(maxsize=128) def printer(): while True: print(io_queue.get()) code_queue = m.Queue(maxsize=128) def generator(): for x in generate(): code_queue.put(x) def executor(): while True: code = code_queue.get() result = None try: result = repr(exec(code)) except Exception as e: result = repr(e) if result != None: io_queue.put(code + ": " + result) start(generator) for _ in range(4): start(executor) printer()```
gollark: Which do you think is slower: the execution or generation of strings?

References
  1. Bolhafner, J. Stephen, 1998-06-12, Shinn's Latest Book Is Strongest Of Trilogy On A World Of Angels, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  2. "Sharon Shinn". www.sharonshinn.net. Retrieved 2019-05-15.


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