The Moral Drama of Human Life

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The good things come from above and we blame ourselves for the bad right. Yeah it's the same question but it's people coming at it from different places. I think that this is really key to understanding the theological stuff that this book is sort of grappling with. We can't be like oh well you need to read this 400 page book yourself to really get it."

We're back to sci-fi this week, but we take a break from the politics-heavy universe of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow instead uses science fiction to discuss anthropology, colonialism, and theology. There's some genuinely funny and warm stuff in this book, but there's a shadow hanging over the proceedings from the outset: eight people set out to explore the first known alien planet inhabited by sentient life, but only one comes back, and he's much worse for the wear.

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