One of my all-time favorite books are The Sparrow and its sequel, Children of God, by Mary Doria Russel. They came to mind today because the author wanted to explore what it would be like to encounter a new culture: Is there the possibility of exploration and encounter without one civilization colonizing the other? Have we learned from the past? Given current globalization, she set the story in the fairly near future and began with the idea that humanity "discovers" a new world and alien race.
I know that not everyone is into science fiction. For what it's worth, I once read this with an adult book club and even those who initially protested my choice of text for "my" month, ended up loving it.
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