(Tears) A Case of Conscience by James Blish

[James Nicoll]

A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, volume 3) by James Blish

A Jesuit little inhibited by actual Catholic doctrine wrestles
with his fear newly-contacted aliens are a Satanic creation.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/serpent-in-the-garden

[Paul S Person]

Post by James Nicoll
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, volume 3) by James Blish
A Jesuit little inhibited by actual Catholic doctrine wrestles
with his fear newly-contacted aliens are a Satanic creation.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/serpent-in-the-garden

At the start of my Great Re-Read (decades ago, long since decayed into
other literary efforts), I did Blish. This involved buying all of
those books I didn't have and reading/re-reading everything.

/A Case of Conscience/ was one of several that convinced me that I had
wasted time and money, because the ones I already had were the only
ones I enjoyed.

[William Hyde]

Post by James Nicoll
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, volume 3) by James Blish
A Jesuit little inhibited by actual Catholic doctrine wrestles
with his fear newly-contacted aliens are a Satanic creation.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/serpent-in-the-garden

I was somewhat confused by the priest's Manichean views. In my
experience the vast majority of Christians are Manichean, but I don't
expect it of a priest.

I do not understand how the series title applies. But then I don't
understand the T.S. Eliot poem either.

William Hyde