John Aata's Songs of Non-Reproductive Sex

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The theology stuff was very internal but does any of this get broached with the other two species that we encounter kind of and in a way again where I don't like want to spoil anything. John Aata's his songs are specifically glorifying non-reproductive sex like the just the act of sex for the pleasure of doing it so like Bruno Lawrence or James BrownYeah yeah yes exactly he's he is the berry white of her cot hey baby come to my planet.

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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