The Sparrow: A Desecration of Faith | The Secret of Rahkat

I think the thing that broke the Priest was when he found out the Songs where not some beautiful hymns to the divine or to higher virtues but songs about the joys of torture murder and rape. . These where songs that sounded as beautiful as Motzart but they where about base vile and evil acts.

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OMG, I read this book in '97 when I was 17, and I'm still traumatized. I'll never forget this book

Spoiler Warning: Major plot details for "The Sparrow" ahead! Hey everyone, some people don't seem to understand the twist in this book, so allow me to explain! SPOILERS ahead for those who haven't read it yet! The twist that catches many off guard is the revelation about the music in the signal sent to Earth. It's not some benign, beautiful creation, but rather a chilling product of a seemingly sadistic alien society. And here's the kicker: that same predatory race, specifically Kitheri, is responsible for the heinous act of S/A against the main character, Emilio Sandoz. Perhaps I should of mentioned this detail in the video, but the music what in fact, a song of torture and abuse. Furthermore, the humans who ventured to Rakhat under the guise of helping the Runa actually unknowingly caused immense suffering and death. It's a gut-wrenching realization that turns the narrative on its head.

Read the Sparrow on a business trip when it was frantically recommended by an airport bookstore employee. I said sci-fi...she said "You've read The Sparrow?" [while gently waving a copy before me], "I haven't" nothing further was said - we headed to the cash register. My life was changed into two discernable part: life before reading the Sparrow, and life after reading the Sparrow. Shocking, terrifying, sorrowful, the hand stripping ritual...is with me to this day. Like all good science fiction, the Sparrow, is a mirror which we can use to gain a different perspective on ourselves...on myself.

Some similar aspects as in "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card. Like coming to alien spicies with human assumption thus not understanding or even horribly misunderstanding the true meaning of their reality.

All I’m saying is that the missionary really should not have had any illusion that God would protect him from an awful fate in the material realm. Being a missionary historically is actually incredibly dangerous and full of terrible fates. Some of the cruel fates include being flayed alive, cooked alive, having your ribs exposed via cuts and hooks then boiling oil poured in them before being burned at the stake, being molested and stabbed to death as a minor, torn limb from limb etc. There’s a reason martyrs are so well respected and it ain’t because they got off easy.

I worked at a library system at the time this book came out. It was all the craze among the employees. The only book that I remember a whole library system of employees (librarians, managers, directors, board members, volunteers, pages, janitorial, IT, admin, HR, and so on) all reading it and profoundly affected by it. We had suc grand watercooler conversations. Tge person who reccommended to me said, "I don't usually read Science Fiction, but ...." This book remains a top novel for me.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." This line best describes this book. I read this in my high school philosophy class. Definitely one of the best books ive ever read.