Hey nice to see you Palmtree
The Silence mentioned a book yesterday that I downloaded called Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.
Silence said someone suggested to her that if she liked Gargoyle she would like this book. She hasn't read it but I think it sounds really interesting. Kind of science fiction with religious aspects. Here is a synopsis. I will be reading it next week.
Amazon.com Review
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong