A Case Of Conscience by James Blish - ISBN: 9781473205437
Paperback
Alien Eden: perfect harmony, perplexing faith, impossible questions.

A Case Of Conscience

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    14 October 2014

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Summary

Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez S.J., is part of a four-man scientific commission to the planet Lithia, there to study a harmonious society of aliens living on a planet which is a biologist’s paradise. He soon finds himself troubled: how can these perfect beings, living in an apparent Eden, have no conception of sin or God? If such a sinless Eden has been created apart from God, then who is responsible?

Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1959.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473205437
ISBN-10:1473205433
Author:James Blish
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:14 October 2014
Weight:190g
Dimensions:196mm x 132mm x 16mm
Series:S.F. Masterworks
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Critics Review

Blish brings to this case of conscience one of the most powerful intellects - and one of the most diverse stories of knowledge, I would say - ever to apply itself to science fiction

Brilliants as fireworks - Sunday Times

About The Author

James Blish

James Blish (1921-75)

James Blish studied microbiology at Rutgers and then served as a medical laboratory technician in the US army during the Second World War. Among his best known books are Cities in Flight, A Case of Conscience (for which he won the Hugo in 1959 for Best Novel) Doctor Mirabilis, Black Easter and The Day After Judgement.

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