Godbody is a science fiction novel by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, published posthumously in 1986.

Many residents find happiness but Godbody is shot by the town newspaper's gossip columnist who attempts to enforce her views on morality on the townsfolk.

In a sequence similar to the Resurrection, Godbody returns to life and departs once more, having encouraged the townsfolk to love one another.

[1] Ben Bova, writing for the Los Angeles Times, called Godbody "a good first draft" but, like Budrys, felt that Sturgeon's inability to fully finish the novel before his death meant that it did not reach its full potential.

[2] John Clute in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that Godbody "weakly reiterates" the transcendence theme of earlier Sturgeon.