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I had wanted to read The Sparrow since its release back in 1996/1997. I had seen a review of it and loved the basic idea of future Jesuits being the first “missionaries” to make contact with the first sentient alien species discovered. But I lost that review and was never able to figure out the name of the book or the author. I tried to discover it everywhere I went, and all those I asked were oblivious. I really thought I would have no trouble tracking it down, but I couldn’t, so after a while
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The Sparrow is a science-fiction novel. It's a story of first contact with an alien planet and an alien species. It's also a deeply religious story of faith and struggle. It's difficult to describe, except in the most perfunctory way. Radio transmissions are received on Earth in the not-very-distant future and it's determined to be music from an alien planet in the Alpha Centauri system. The group that immediately sends an expedition to the planet (while the rest of the world dickers about what
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I am so torn about The Sparrow. On one hand, it's beautifully written and elegantly constructed, with vibrant characters and exquisite world-building. On the other hand, my low tolerance for tragedies made it a very difficult read. (That's not a spoiler; the prologue tells you what kind of book this is going to be.) I kept having to force myself to return to it. And there are... other flaws. Numerous little plot points that annoyed or baffled me, and at least one big plot element that left me wo
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