The theological stuff in this is almost all like internal to Emilio. Like there are other characters who are having questions about religion or like you know reevaluating religion because of some of the experiences that they have. He goes from being sort of agnostic to sort of suggesting that God wants them to go to this planet and then they do despite a lot of odds that were stacked against them. And by the time they make first contact with the species and he is like, you know he's doing the, I don't know, it's not like the close encounters kind of first contact thing but it's something where you're basically throwing grammar at the other person until they point at a point
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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