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A review by grayjay
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
1.0
This was pretty terrible.
A team of humans has been living on an alien-inhabited planet called Lithia in order to report on what the colonizing Earth should do with it. One member of the team, a Jesuit Priest, decides that because the reptilian Lithians are good and ethical people without Religion, the planet must be sealed off and never returned to, because the whole planet is an elabourate trap set by Satan to ensnare humanity. The rest of the team thinks he's being ridiculous and they return, bearing the gift of a Lithian egg.
Back on Earth, they raise the Lithian, who becomes a popular political commentator on Television. Through his influence he starts a revolution that could lead humans down a dark path. He is, in essence, the Anti-Christ.
It was just so silly. A sort of Satan Panic sci-fi novel. It contained many long passages of theological debate.
A team of humans has been living on an alien-inhabited planet called Lithia in order to report on what the colonizing Earth should do with it. One member of the team, a Jesuit Priest, decides that because the reptilian Lithians are good and ethical people without Religion, the planet must be sealed off and never returned to, because the whole planet is an elabourate trap set by Satan to ensnare humanity. The rest of the team thinks he's being ridiculous and they return, bearing the gift of a Lithian egg.
Back on Earth, they raise the Lithian, who becomes a popular political commentator on Television. Through his influence he starts a revolution that could lead humans down a dark path. He is, in essence, the Anti-Christ.
It was just so silly. A sort of Satan Panic sci-fi novel. It contained many long passages of theological debate.