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Russell, Mary Doria, 1950-

The sparrow / - 1st ed. - New York : Villard Books, c1996. - 408 p. ; 25 cm.

A Jesuit leads an expedition to investigate singing emanating from a planet. So are discovered the Runa, intelligent beings, but undernourished. The explorers fix that and a population explosion follows, attracting space-age cannibals who start eating them. The explorers are killed, except for the Jesuit who tells the tale.

ISBN: 0679451501 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 96011180

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Jesuits--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Life on other planets--Fiction.
Twenty-first century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Science fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3568.U76678 / S63 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54