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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. 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. 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. As forces conspire to send Emilio back to Rakhat--and toward a possible reconciliation with God--the planet verges on genocidal destruction. Children of God is a more polished novel than The Sparrow, and the story is equally compelling. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.


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Russell follows her speculative first novel, The Sparrow, with a sequel that will please even readers new to her interplanetary missionaries. Having returned from a disastrous, 21st-century expedition to the planet Rakhat, Jesuit Father Emilio Sandoz, the sole survivor of the mission, faces public rage over the order's part in the war between the gentle Runa and the predatory Jana'ata?fury more than matched by the priest's own self-hatred and religious disillusionment. In the sequel, he is forced to return to Rakhat with a new expedition more interested in profits than prophets. When they discover the planet in turmoil and the Runa precariously in power, the temptation to interfere is more than they can withstand. As in her first book, Russell uses the entertaining plot to explore sociological, spiritual, religious, scientific and historical questions. Misunderstandings between cultures and people are at the heart of her story. It is, however, the complex figure of Father Sandoz around which a diverse interplanetary cast orbits, and it is the intelligent, emotional and very personal feud between Father Sandoz and his God that provides energy for both books. 50,000 first printing; BOMC selection; audio rights to Random House Audio; author tour.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TREATISE ON PERSONAL THEOLOGY - A TRUE CLASSIC, Mai 1 2008
Par NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Theology can become a distant logical exercise of dry doctrine and easy theoretical conclusions. When it comes down to the wet choices of real life most such theoretical Theology is found wanting as it can offer only limited answers. This is Theology of the other kind, the real one.

Mary Doria Russell has created a highly intelligent story: what would the story of a future saint be? Say, a Jesuit spearheading an exploratory mission to an alien civilization as a linguist of unique abilities; a former outcast that found his true calling as a man of the Cloth and God's face in all the hungry he fed and all the orphans he sheltered and all the lost he bough back from desperation. And then God asked for more. Much more. Is God real or a mere human construct? Can Faith survive anything?

This is one of those books that stays with you for ever. Read THE SPARROW first, CHILDREN OF THE GOD later in order to enjoy them both more.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Even better than the first one, Mai 7 2004
Par Jill Papsdorf (Brooklyn, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I highly recommend The Sparrow. After you've read it, pick up Children of God. Mary Doria Russell's ending of The Sparrow leaves the main character in despair and confusion about his relationship to others and to God. His experiences in the second book (along with those of other major characters from the first) don't give pat answers to his questions but force him (and the reader) to consider how the Lord may be guiding the universe.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A fine follow-up, Avril 22 2004
Par C. Myers "leanleaper" (Simi Valley, CA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Russell continues to grow as a writer in this sequel to The Sparrow. Children of God brings different sets of themes and issues into the milieu of Rakhat. Once again the characters are a strength of the work, and I particularly like the way Russell develops the linguistics angle in her work. The involvement of the Italian underground is far-fetched, and the church politics that were used to justify the return trip and the return of Sandoz to the scene of his humiliation and loss of faith were unnecessarily contrived. But the deft handling of time and the ethical and survival problems that take place on Rakhat are fascinating and engaging. In many ways, Russell is for me like Heinlein--when I think back on their stories I can think of a multitude of things to criticize, but when I am reading their work I enjoy every page. I think this must be a sign that I'm under the spell of an excellent story-teller.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 consider not reading it
this is not a bad book. however, the sparrow is a great book, and this one does not do it justice. there are some interesting ideas in it, but all in all i would rather have... Read more
Publié le Janv. 16 2004 par readster

5.0étoiles sur 5 I Love finding a new writer
I brought both this and its prequal The Sparrow second hand on the off chance that if I didn't like it I would not be spending big money. I could not put them down! Read more
Publié le Nov. 15 2003 par Steve Marshall

3.0étoiles sur 5 Recommended but not as highly as The Sparrow....
I couldn't wait to read Children of God after finishing The Sparrow (which I loved, by the way). However, I was disappointed in the sequel, which I found more confusing and less... Read more
Publié le Juil 23 2003 par A graduate student in counseling

5.0étoiles sur 5 Such a BIG story . . . .
I just finished reading this book for the second time, and I'm wowed (re-wowed)! For me, it took two readings (two years apart) to fully appreciate this story. Read more
Publié le Jui 9 2003

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Sparrow has landed...
The book 'Children of God' is the sequel to Mary Doria Russell's award winning first novel, 'The Sparrow'. Read more
Publié le Mai 26 2003 par FrKurt Messick

1.0étoiles sur 5 Hardly a masterpiece
I read The Sparrow and was impressed. Children of God, however, doesn't come close at all. The story bounces around so much that I could not keep track of where and when things... Read more
Publié le Mai 23 2003 par D. E. W. Turner

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Means to Effect Change
After reading just two of Ms. Russell's books, I'm a confirmed fan, and hope she writes many more. This book is a direct sequel to The Sparrow, and while there is some explanatory... Read more
Publié le Fév 26 2003 par Patrick Shepherd

5.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting, but different focus from The Sparrow
Russell develops a slightly different theme this time: do the means justify the ends when trying to follow "God's will"? Read more
Publié le Déc 17 2002 par R. L. Cobleigh

2.0étoiles sur 5 Fun but dissatisfying
My major concern is how un-Jesuitlike these Jesuits are. They don't appear to be interested in the aliens' beliefs, even when, in this sequel, we explicitly see the aliens refer... Read more
Publié le Oct. 15 2002

5.0étoiles sur 5 A masterpiece of religious sf
I know that many people consider _Children of God_ to be inferior to _Sparrow_, and certainly _Sparrow_ has a certain existential sincerity that few other sf novels posess. Read more
Publié le Aoû 31 2002 par Edwin Tait

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