XPost: alt.religion.christian.episcopal, england.religion.christian,   
   alt.books.cs-lewis   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "John Wright"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:A_OdnQMX9OMPAdrXnZ2dnUVZ8hednZ2d@pipex.net...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > This sounds very similar to the first two novels by Mary Doria Russell the   
   > first of which won several SF awards, this was "The Sparrow" (its   
   > follow-up was called "The Children of God"). Both of these examine the   
   > exploits of a Jesuit scientist in the first contact with an alien race.   
   > The title of The Sparrow is inspired by the gospel of St. Matthew,   
   > 10:29-31. Wiki claims that the concept of first contact is one of SFs   
   > oldest storylines.   
      
   Well, H. G. Wells certainly used it, both in "The First Men on the Moon" and   
   in "The War of the Worlds".   
      
   Öjevind   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)