The Sparrow (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Sparrow 3 weeks ago.

• ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense." --USA Today "AN EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED . . . If you have to send a group of people to a newly discovered planet to contact a totally unknown species, whom would you choose? How about four Jesuit priests, a young astronomer, a physician, her engineer husband, and a child prostitute-turned-computer-expert? That's who Mary Doria Russell sends in her new novel, The Sparrow. This motley combination of agnostics, true believers, and misfits becomes the first to explore the Alpha Centuri world of Rakhat with both enlightening and disastrous results. . . . Vivid and engaging . . . An incredible novel." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "POWERFUL . . . Father Emilio Sandoz <is> the only survivor of a Jesuit mission to the planet Rakhat, 'a soul . . . looking for God.' We first meet him in Italy . . . sullen and bitter. . . . But he was not always this way, as we learn through flashbacks that tell the story of the ill-fated trip. . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence." --San Francisco Chronicle "SMOOTH STORYTELLING AND GORGEOUS CHARACTERIZATION . . . Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them." --Entertainment Weekly SELECTED BY THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 11 books, including The Sparrow, Wednesday, November 25 2009.

Pequeño saltamontes edited the awards of The Sparrow Wednesday, November 25 2009.

• Added an award: BSFA (British Science Fiction Association)
• Added category of an award: BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) Best science fiction or fantasy novel
• Added year of an award: BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) 1998

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 11 books, including The Sparrow, Wednesday, November 25 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Sparrow Sunday, August 2 2009.

• ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense." --USA Today "AN EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED . . . If you have to send a group of people to a newly discovered planet to contact a totally unknown species, whom would you choose? How about four Jesuit priests, a young astronomer, a physician, her engineer husband, and a child prostitute-turned-computer-expert? That's who Mary Doria Russell sends in her new novel, The Sparrow. This motley combination of agnostics, true believers, and misfits becomes the first to explore the Alpha Centuri world of Rakhat with both enlightening and disastrous results. . . . Vivid and engaging . . . An incredible novel." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "POWERFUL . . . Father Emilio Sandoz <is> the only survivor of a Jesuit mission to the planet Rakhat, 'a soul . . . looking for God.' We first meet him in Italy . . . sullen and bitter. . . . But he was not always this way, as we learn through flashbacks that tell the story of the ill-fated trip. . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence." --San Francisco Chronicle "SMOOTH STORYTELLING AND GORGEOUS CHARACTERIZATION . . . Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them." --Entertainment Weekly SELECTED BY THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

Joel B edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Sparrow Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added: Jesuits in Space! Emilio Sandoz, Jesuit priest, is the sole survivor of a first contact mission to another planet.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Sparrow Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mary Doria Russell: (Primary Author)