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A Case of Conscience

James Blish

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#1048 of 8,085 books · #229 in Science Fiction

Won the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1959).

The story of a Jesuit priest who investigates an alien race of intelligent bipedal reptile-like creatures, the Lithians, that have no religion yet have a perfect, innate sense of morality, a situation which conflicts with Catholic teaching.

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Publisher
Ballantine Books
ISBN-13
9789725591307
Topics
Religion and faithFirst contact with aliensMorality and ethics

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