![]() But that's a little unsatisfying because (A) it's such an on-the-nose Catholic concern that it's almost a satire and I'm sure that's not the author's intent, and (B) even if that's the case, I really don't understand the problem with not allowing it. If I squint hard enough, I can see that maybe they might be concerned about traveling in a ship that is no longer a virgin. I had the impression that whether the sisters did or did not allow their ship to mate, that they would be in some potentially theologically unpalatable position, but after finishing the book, I don't quite see either end of it. Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. ![]() No matter their decision, scholars back in Rome would debate it for years with increasingly esoteric justifications." The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina Rather's debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black. The most direct pertinent quote is: "And what a theological tangle- could a consecrated house be allowed to mate, be fertilized, give birth? Or to seed another? It was a hermaphrodite species- many of its evolutionary cousins did not even require a mate. Perhaps I am looking for details that don't exist, but what was the nature of the dilemma? I recently read "Sisters of the Vast Black" by Lina Rather, and rather enjoyed it.īut in the first half of the book, much was made- or at least much was alluded to- of a theological dilemma faced by the characters. ![]()
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