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   From: Erik@home.here   
      
   � had de volgende lumineuze gedachte op 28-06-09 19:06:   
   > "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".   
   >    
   > �jevind   
      
   And do not forget C.S. Lewis' "Out of the Silent Planet"!   
      
   Erik Jan   
      
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