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Better Angels
Author	Howard V. Hendrix
Cover artist	Victor Stabin
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Series	Tetragrammaton Series
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc.
Publication date	October 15, 1999
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	373 pp (1st edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 0441006523 (1st edition, hardback)
OCLC Number	41419615
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Classification	PS3558.E49526 B4 1999
Followed by	Lightpath

Better Angels is a science fiction novel by Howard V. Hendrix first published in 1999.

Contents 1 Plot introduction 1.1 Explanation of the novel's title 2 Release details 3 Sources, references, external links, quotations

[edit] Plot introduction

Better Angels is a prequel to Hendrix's earlier novesl Lightpath and Standing Wave, filling in history about how the characters in those novels came to be who they are.

[edit] Explanation of the novel's title

"Better angels" is a phrase used by agents of organization Tetragrammatron to described what they hope to make humanity into. Tetragrammatron is concerned with ensuring humanity's survival by creating a machine/human transcendences, turning humans into "better angels".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Release details

• 1999, United States of America, Penguin Putnam Inc. ISBN 0441006523, Pub date 15 October 1999, Hardback
• 2000, United States of America, Penguin Putnam Inc. ISBN 0441007678, Pub date 7 November 2000, Paperback

[edit] Sources, references, external links, quotations

• Official page
• Space.com review by Chris Aylott

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