Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 044900483X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tiptree Memorial Award. Mary Doria Russell's debut novel, The Sparrow, took us on a journey to a distant planet and into the center of the human soul. A critically acclaimed bestseller, The Sparrow was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year, a finalist for the Book-of-the-Month Club's First Fiction Prize and the winner of the James M. Despite his objections and fear, he cannot escape his past or the future.Old friends, new discoveries and difficult questions await Emilio as he struggles for inner peace and understanding in a moral universe whose boundaries now extend beyond the solar system and whose future lies with children born in a faraway place.Strikingly original, richly plotted, replete with memorable characters and filled with humanity and humor, Chil-dren of God is an unforgettable and uplifting novel that is a potent successor to The Sparrow and a startlingly imaginative adventure for newcomers to Mary Doria Russell's special literary magic.From the Hardcover edition.. Now, in Children of God, Russell further establishes herself as one of the most innovative, entertaining and philosophically provocative novelists writing today.The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the So-ciety of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri
"A satisfying, insightful, fitting conclusion!" according to Tasawuf. A satisfying, insightful, fitting conclusion! Tasawuf 4 1/2 stars actually! This 2 volume set is, imo, exceptionally well thought out; and, for this reader, another crack in the cosmic egg of my world. For anyone who is in any manner committed to honest self examination, expansion, or continued personal growth, so to speak, this book (as we. 1/2 stars actually! This 2 volume set is, imo, exceptionally well thought out; and, for this reader, another crack in the cosmic egg of my world. For anyone who is in any manner committed to honest self examination, expansion, or continued personal growth, so to speak, this book (as we. Sue Repasky said Intelligence is not enough. I wanted so much to like this book. But, though it is intelligently written and the themes of religion, science and sprituality are vast, the author didn't tap into the depths as she could have. It is written almost clinically, but these vastly different characters from our world and ano. "Good, but not great - maybe due to the abridgement?" according to Kent M. Pitman. I listened to the preceding book, The Sparrow, in its unabridged splendor from Brilliance Audio and rate it 5 stars, in spite of some slowness (mostly in the opening, but also in some of the "inquisition" scenes) that could have used tighter editing to remove redundancy and hasten the pa
Children of God is the sequel to Mary Doria Russell's 1996 The Sparrow, which saw a Jesuit mission to the planet Rakhat end in disaster. As forces conspire to send Emilio back to Rakhat--and toward a possible reconciliation with God--the planet verges on genocidal destruction. Now the Jesuits want to go back to Rakhat, and they want Sandoz aboard the new mission. . But Sandoz has renounced his priesthood and even found a measure of happiness with his new wife and stepdaughter. Meanwhile, on Rakhat, contact with the humans has thrown the local culture into turmoil, precipitating a war between Rakhat's two sentient races. The sole survivor of that mission, a priest named Emilio Sandoz, returned a beaten and broken man, having suffered rape and mutilation at the hands of enigmatic aliens. Children of God is a more polished novel than The Sparrow, and the story is equally compelling