Most modern day beliefs in God do not hold him existing physically within the physical universe, but imagine for a second that the creator of this world, this life, and all we hold dear was actually a highly advanced organism, floating around somewhere in the cosmos. And then imagine, that with advanced space-age technology, we found out that this creature had somehow ceased to exist; just a carcass floating admist the many star systems of our galaxy. Although this is just a microscopic portion of the novel, it is a fascinating concept and one that, while possibly controversial at its time, provides many interesting questions.

“The Dying God” lets the listener see through the eyes of this extraterrestrial being, and feel emotions that would probably be way more advanced and intense than ours, given the situation. Imagine being a God that was dying somewhere in space. At the day of their death, I'm sure most people would like to look back at what legacy they'd left behind and be proud. Well, this advanced life form was looking back at its creation, with all memories and everything else beginning to fade away. And its creation is totally unaware of its suffering, but he is aware of them. To think,knowing the often dystopian visions of the future by Philip K Dick, of what this dying God was looking down upon,

makes you think that “proud” wouldn't be the first thing that comes to mind.

And if there was such thing as this organism, living somewhere in space, dying whilst looking down upon us, what legacy would we want to create for our creator?

Let's hope that it’s a world much different from the one detailed in the novel in question.