Name: A Case of Conscience
ISBN: 9780345438355

James Blish

A priest confronts his inner demons when he is sent to a planet whose inhabitants rely on reason, rendering them incabable of faith or irrational belief of any kind. Original.

A Case of Conscience

Nuno Figueiredo

Omkring år 2050 besøger fire videnskabsmænd en planet i et andet solsystem

Mike Pearce

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. New introduction by Ken MacLeod.