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Originally Posted by stxopher
Hmmm, better check that one out. Quick scan and it seems pretty interesting. Plus it looks short enough that I can still follow the "fit existing shelves" rule.
Good call.
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It won a Hugo in the year it was released. It's also one of the few SF stories I can think of with a Catholic priest as a principal character.
Earth goes out among the stars, and encounters an alien race apparently
without Original Sin. By the priest's standards, this makes them a trap of Satan. The ending leaves that carefully ambiguous.
Blish explored religious themes elsewhere, in his _Black Easter_/_The Day After Judgement_ set, but those might better be classified as horror.
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Dennis