Re: (Tears) A Case of Conscience by James Blish

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:10:51 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

A Case of Conscience  (After Such Knowledge, volume 3) by James Blish
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A Jesuit little inhibited by actual Catholic doctrine wrestles
with his fear newly-contacted aliens are a Satanic creation.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/serpent-in-the-garden

At the start of my Great Re-Read (decades ago, long since decayed into
other literary efforts), I did Blish. This involved buying all of
those books I didn't have and reading/re-reading everything.

/A Case of Conscience/ was one of several that convinced me that I had
wasted time and money, because the ones I already had were the only
ones I enjoyed.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"