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The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

Mary Doria Russell

Start date: February 1, 2009

Finish date: February 28, 2009

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May 24, 2016 Maree rated it it was amazing

I could have sworn I wrote a long review of this book a while back when I first read it...but I guess not!

Fascinating, fascinating book about a first contact with an alien race. You see in flashbacks, from the discovery of the alien signal, the sending of a team, and the discoveries they make upon landing. The misunderstandings of such a different culture are there as they learn the ways of the not one but two major species on the planet.

It's always fascinating to me how science fiction, the fu ...more

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Oct 13, 2011 Tamara added it

Shelves: sf, author-female, male-protagonist, distant-planet, aliens, religeon, central-america, inherent-sadness-of-being-human, christianity, sexuality

I wonder if this book reads differently if you believe in god. Then, I wonder if if it reads differently if you decide to accept the existence of god within the book. In any case, I can't do either, so I found this an almost vicious indictment of religion. ...more

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Feb 24, 2020 Nils rated it really liked it

Auch bei der zweiten Lektüre gut 20 Jahre später immer noch ein faszinierender Roman über die Suche nach dem Glauben. Nur an Ende ging mir dann doch irgendwie alles zu schnell.

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