A Case of Conscience [book, audiobook]
A Case of Conscience [book, audiobook] I HAVEN'T READ *EVERY* HUGO AWARD BUT I HAVE READ ENOUGH IT TOOK SOME LOOKING TO FIND ONE I HADN'T READ AND MAN THIS BOOK IS FASCINATING. IT'S JUST SO FRIGGIN CATHOLIC. LIKE, NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE, BUT THE IDEA OF A MODERN CHRISTIAN SCI-FI IS UNBEARABLE. RELIGION AND SCIENCE EITHER WENT THE WAY OF "WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT" OR JUST BONE HEADED "NUH UH" BUT GO BACK FAR ENOUGH AND CATHOLICS SPECIFICALLY MADE AN EFFORT AT MAKING A SYSTEMATIC VENTURE INTO SCIENCE AND ULTIMATELY ALL THE IDEAS ARE AS WRONG AS THE "NUH UH" ANSWERS BUT THIS BOOK IS JUST SUCH A TIME CAPSULE OF DEBATES THAT JUST DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. LIKE THE BIG MASSIVE 'TWIST' A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE STORY IS THE PRIEST FINDING OUT THE ALIENS GIVE BIRTH TO EGGS IN THE OCEAN THAT SWIM LIKE FISH THEN COME ON LAND LIKE AMPHIBIANS AND THIS IS TREATED AS THIS MASSIVE SELF EVIDENT BOMB SHELL OF A PLOT TWIST. THE ENDING TOO IS JUST I