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 INSANE TO MODERN EYES. I TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT THIS BOOK AND WAS LIKE "I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, BUT CLEARLY THE TWIST WILL BE THE PRIEST IS WRONG" BUT NOPE! KABLAMO! TAKE THAT ADVESARIAL INFERTILITY!

THIS BOOK WAS CONTOVERSIAL WHEN IT WAS PRINTED BECAUSE..... PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT LAST RITES COULD BE PREFORMED BY A LAYMAN IN THE YEAR 2075

PS. IS 'THE FIRE CLOWN" INSPIRED BY THIS BOOK? THE CUT SHORT FINAL ACT PLOT WITH THE TUNNEL RIOTS FELT SO SPECIFICALLY THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE PLOT OF FIRE CLOWN. WAS LIVING IN TUNNELS JUST A REAL BIG IDEA FOR SCI-FI THAT WENT AWAY? 

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