A Case Of Conscience

James Blish's seminal treatment of religion in SF, a Hugo Award-winning precursor to The Sparrow. With a new introduction by Ken MacLeod.

Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez S.J., is a part of a four man scientific commission to the planet Lithia, there to study a harmonious society of aliens living on a planets 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.

• | Author: James Blish
• | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781473205437
• | ISBN-10: 1473205433