Children of God

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In the sequel, which I think is called Children of God. What what you get in this book is just how that you know the imbalance that these people have inadvertently brought with them to this foreign ecosystem they didn't really understand. So yeah, they they take this series of steps, you know, everything seems totally harmless and fine at the time. And then it culminates in this thing that nobody could have anticipated,. It's how colonialism works a lot of the time.

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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