Children of God

By Mary Doria Russell,

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From the acclaimed author of The Sparrow comes a new, extraordinarily imaginative SF novel which continues the powerful, moving story of Emilio Sandoz, the charismatic Jesuit priest who led the well-intentioned but catastrophic mission to the distant planet of Rakhat, and journeyed to the furthest reaches of the human soul.…

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1 author picked Children of God as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I picked this book up at a used bookstore because I loved the blurb. It did not disappoint. In fact, it inspired me to write because I wanted to make people feel the same way I felt when I finished it—like something had changed forever.

I was particularly impressed with its diversity and the stretch her imagination was able to take, and I wanted to do that. I wanted to dream and write about things that hadn’t happened yet in real life. 

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