A Case of Conscience

A Case of Conscience is not one of my favorite Hugo Award winners. Some of the ideas presented were interesting, such as the consideration of how a non-religious, seemingly perfect alien species might be understood in the context of a certain view of Christianity. However, the characters were bland, and the pace of the story was pretty uneven. The first half was almost entirely based on information and conversation, and, due to my lack of interest in the characters, the relatively action-packed second half often bored me. This is a novel that has endured for many decades, but I think I would have found the story more effective in its original novella form.

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