Comments on: I Heard The Owl Call My Name http://hootingyard.org/archives/287 A Website by Frank Key Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:47:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frank Key http://hootingyard.org/archives/287/comment-page-1#comment-2197 Frank Key Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:28:38 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=287#comment-2197 I think I will have to read "The Sparrow". How can one resist a novel in which "a Vatican inquest is convened to coax an explanation from the physically mutilated and emotionally devastated priest", who is also a "disgrace to his faith"? I think I will have to read “The Sparrow”. How can one resist a novel in which “a Vatican inquest is convened to coax an explanation from the physically mutilated and emotionally devastated priest”, who is also a “disgrace to his faith”?

]]> By: Outa_Spaceman http://hootingyard.org/archives/287/comment-page-1#comment-2195 Outa_Spaceman Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:14:18 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=287#comment-2195 Even more excitingly, the synopsis of the "The Sparrow" ends with: "This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title." Truly the hand of Dobson is everywhere... Even more excitingly, the synopsis of the “The Sparrow” ends with:
“This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.”
Truly the hand of Dobson is everywhere…

]]> By: Phil http://hootingyard.org/archives/287/comment-page-1#comment-2190 Phil Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:42:43 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=287#comment-2190 Speaking of futuristic science fiction jesuit priests and onithologically related book titles put me in mind of a paperback novel I read many years ago about a Jesuit Linguist who lead a mission to a distant planet to make contact with an intelligent alien species. It's called "The Sparrow" written by Mary Doria Russel. A heady mixture of sex, violence, technical wizardry, linguistics and theology. http://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Mary-Doria-Russell/dp/0449912558/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195504431&sr=1-2 Speaking of futuristic science fiction jesuit priests and onithologically related book titles put me in mind of a paperback novel I read many years ago about a Jesuit Linguist who lead a mission to a distant planet to make contact with an intelligent alien species. It’s called “The Sparrow” written by Mary Doria Russel. A heady mixture of sex, violence, technical wizardry, linguistics and theology.

http://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Mary-Doria-Russell/dp/0449912558/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195504431&sr=1-2

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