Join us on August 8 at 7PM in the Applegate Room for the Beyond Imagination Book Club’s discussion of The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell.
The novel’s prose is exceptionally well-crafted, the characterization exceptionally detailed, the climax exceptionally moving, but it is nevertheless a conscientious science-fiction novel which does not skimp on its careful description of how an interstellar expedition might be mounted. Nor is it in any way a comforting book… Even those who approve of its moral conclusions…will inevitably find much to unsettle them along the route by which those conclusions are attained. The Sparrow is, in essence, a challenging book. — Brian Stableford, Interzone MagazineNike Air Max 90 Mens
A first-contact tale, set from 2019 to 2059, The Sparrow has been called soul-searching, extraordinary, beautiful and unsettling. If you would like to read the book but don’t have a copy, we have some available here at the library. Just visit our Reference Services desk on the upper levelCheap Nike Air Max 2014 Outlet Shop.
