I read this after hearing about it on the "Books on the Nightstand" podcast. I did like this book and though I knew going in it was about Jesuit priests in space (I kid you not) having the first contact with an alien planet and race, I was still not expecting a huge underlying theme to be about faith in god. I am not religious at all (pretty much a flaming atheist), so some of that brought on some internal eye rolls, but I tried not to let it overshadow the book as a whole. Interesting commentary on our treatment of other people, other races, and other species..and though some of it may seem shocking there are an alarming number of parallels to present day life. The question is...do I read the sequel?
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Helene
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