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Scifi isnt my usual genre choice, but the interface between science and religion produces compelling storytelling and the sparrow is ultimately a very human story about a man whose bedrock beliefs are challenged by what happens to him. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are emilio sandoz, jimmy quinn. Russell brings her training as a paleoanthropologist to bear on descriptions of the runa and janaata, the two. She is currently working on the sequel tothe sparrow, titledchildren. The sparrow, by mary doria russell, tells the story of a journey to space through the eyes of a priest named emilio sandoz. The casts there are two stories, tangentially connected are deeply and realistically developed to clash, promote, love and hate one another. The sparrow by mary doria russell book club discussion.