December group read - The Sparrow

[Rosemarie]

I am reading Children of God, and I am enjoying it more than the first book.

[Rosemarie]

I finished Children of God and I am so glad that I read it. The two books mesh together very well to make a whole.

[Leo]

Rosemarie wrote: "I finished Children of God and I am so glad that I read it. The two books mesh together very well to make a whole."

Great, thats also how I felt about it.

[Oleksandr]

A bit of necro-posting.

I've read the book recently and I was impressed by it. It seems very strange that it wasn't nominated for either Hugo or Nebula, but it is not the first time I wonder about it.

While the 'science' part of the book has its holes (they are ok with contamination the new world with Earth bacteria, they don't set camp perimeter, they don't follow protocols, etc) but the story had other aims and it clearly achieved them.

I see it as a stand-alone book and don't plan at the moment to read the sequel

[Ed]

Oleksandr wrote: "I see it as a stand-alone book and don't plan at the moment to read the sequel..."

It does stand alone fine. But the follow-up is also quite good. I liked it even more. Perhaps because I knew to expect a slow story.

[Oleksandr]

Ed wrote: "It does stand alone fine. But the follow-up is also quite good. I liked it even more. "

Thanks for the info, I may pick it up in future

[Keith]

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