false <![CDATA[The Sparrow]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230829367m/334176.jpg 334176 15 In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong... Words like "provocative" and "compelling" will come to mind as you read this shocking novel about first contact with a race that creates music akin to both poetry and prayer. 3349153 book 1996 The Sparrow total:6054|5:2914|4:1947|3:810|2:247|1:136| 6054 25418 8272 1304 4 21 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 16:35:18 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:22:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 20 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:23:55 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:08:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 10 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 27 21:43:14 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 28 15:52:34 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 8 false false Mon Jun 02 09:44:35 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 11:52:44 -0700 2008
By page 12, I had alot of hope for this book. By page 88 I was really into the book, and thinking there was a good chance this was a 4 or 5 star book. At this point though, I'm not sure I can summon enough c...more...]]> 3 11 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 16:43:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:32:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 18:23:20 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:21:11 -0800 2009
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The reason has nothing to do with the topics covered (religion, one's faith, and nominally also sentient aliens), but rather how one...more...]]> 4 7 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 10:32:14 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:29:21 -0800 2009 1 The Sparrow. The narrator, David Colacci, did a fairly good job of narrating. Some of his voice characterizations were too similar to distinguish between the individuals in a heated debate o...more...]]> 5 8 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 23:27:59 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 02 18:25:49 -0800 2009

This was a terrific book, on many le...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 08 12:09:58 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 19:15:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sun Dec 23 10:26:31 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 04 06:35:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 11:26:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 11:27:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 08:36:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 17:25:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 07 20:52:56 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 10:27:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 09:16:36 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 08:16:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Apr 03 16:39:45 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 16:45:28 -0700 2008 2 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 10:03:13 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:15:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:22:56 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:30:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 30 05:51:46 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 05:35:38 -0700 2009 Dreamers of the Day), so I wasn't expecting sci-fi (but I have great respect for authors who play with genres. Especially if they do it well, and Russell does this extremely well).

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Here's the description of the book from this website: (In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=334176