I was standing in a bookstore and keep picking this book up and putting it down. Finally, a bookclerk who'd been watching me said, "Read the book. You'll like it." I commented that it wasn't the type of book I'd ordinarily read (having science fictioned myself to death in college). He said, "The sci...
Horrifying. The ending is particularly gruesome, and worse than what I imagined despite the foreshadowing.I don't know whether to give it 1 or 5 stars. Not 5, as the characters were too one-dimensional and stereotypical -- with the exception of Sandoz, whom I loved, and the priests hearing his sto...
If I'm not mistaken, the blurb given above actually consists of the book's prologue in its entirety. I might add: this is the story of what happens when First Contact is made without the stricture of a Prime Directive a la the Star Trek universe. Also: in a completely foreign culture, your assumpt...
This is the third SF story I've read where a Jesuit priest goes on an expedition to another planet and suffers a spiritual crisis as a result. It's almost becoming a sub-genre. I don't want to call Emilio a whiner or anything - obviously, what happens to him is truly horrible. But, much as I hate to...
One of my absolute favorites, although it has been so long since I read it, I don't think I can adequately review it. I love the discovery of a new world, and how what is discovered on that world implacts those who discover and explore it.
The elevator pitch is just funny: "Jesuits in Outer Space!" but this book is actually really interesting and smart. It makes a lot of sense to me to look at what happens to religious seekers when confronted with sentient life on other planets. The novel is more about trauma and recovery than it is a...
My third favorite book of all time. Read it. (You should read the sequel, [b:Children of God|16948|Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)|Mary Doria Russell|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327469813s/16948.jpg|882029], too, as they are really two parts to a whole.)
A breathtaking SF novel that explores what it means to be human, and have faith, and have both your faith and your humanity tested in the most brutal fashion.
Rating: 4* of fiveGorgeous book, both physically and in content. I was riveted from first to last, and completely bought into the premise: A privately financed interstellar journey never seemed nore likely than in the world Russell posits is coming from our own era.Beautiful, beautiful writing! The ...
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