by James Blish · Martinez Roca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427003972
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«Un caso de conciencia» is the science fiction novel by James Blish, published by Martínez Roca in 1977 in paperback (204 pages, in Spanish).
Father Ruiz-Sánchez, a Jesuit and scientist, travels to Lithia, a planet of intelligent reptiles who live without faith or sin. Their apparent moral perfection challenges the foundations of Christianity and places him before a dilemma between religion, science and conscience. It raises a debate on morality, theology and contact with non-human intelligence.
Novel winner of the 1959 Hugo Award. Number 17 in the Super Ficción collection from Martínez Roca.
For readers of classic science fiction seeking philosophical, religious and moral dilemmas within the genre.
James Benjamin "Jimmy" Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence. His novel A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award. He is credited with creating the term "gas giant" to refer to large planetary bodies.
