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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1996 novel by Mary Doria Russell</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PS3568.U76678 S63 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_God_(novel)" title="Children of God (novel)">Children of God</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Sparrow</b></i> (1996) is the <a href="/wiki/Debut_novel" title="Debut novel">first novel</a> by author <a href="/wiki/Mary_Doria_Russell" title="Mary Doria Russell">Mary Doria Russell</a>. It won the <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award" title="Arthur C. Clarke Award">Arthur C. Clarke Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr._Award" class="mw-redirect" title="James Tiptree Jr. Award">James Tiptree Jr. Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurd-La%C3%9Fwitz-Preis" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis">Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BSFA_Award" title="BSFA Award">British Science Fiction Association Award</a>. It was followed by a sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_God_(novel)" title="Children of God (novel)">Children of God</a></i>, in 1998. The title refers to <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> 10:29–31, which relates that not even a <a href="/wiki/Old_World_sparrow" title="Old World sparrow">sparrow</a> falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the year 2019, the <a href="/wiki/SETI" class="mw-redirect" title="SETI">SETI</a> program at <a href="/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory" title="Arecibo Observatory">Arecibo Observatory</a> discovers radio broadcasts of music from the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Centauri" title="Alpha Centauri">Alpha Centauri</a>. The first expedition to Rakhat, the world that is sending the music, is organized by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Society of Jesus</a> (Jesuits), known for its <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a>, linguistic and scientific activities since the time of its founder, <a href="/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola" title="Ignatius of Loyola">Ignatius of Loyola</a>. In the year 2060, only one of the crew, the Jesuit priest Emilio Sandoz, survives to return to Earth, and he is damaged physically and psychologically. The story is told with parallel plot lines, interspersing the journey of Sandoz and his friends to Rakhat with Sandoz's experiences upon his return to Earth. </p><p>Father Sandoz is a talented <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguist</a>. He is described as of mixed <a href="/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno" title="Taíno">Taíno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">Conquistador</a> heritage and character. Sandoz grew up in <a href="/wiki/La_Perla,_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico">La Perla</a>, a poor neighborhood in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>. He joined the Jesuits as a teenager. After several stints at Jesuit missionaries around the world, he returns to Puerto Rico. Several of his close friends and co-workers, people with a variety of unique skills and talents, have seemingly coincidental connections to Arecibo. One of them, a gifted young technician, was the first to hear the transmissions; another, Sofia Mendes, a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Turkey" title="History of the Jews in Turkey">Turkish Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> specialist, has the connections and aptitude to obtain a spacecraft and help pilot the mission. Sandoz, who has often struggled with his faith, becomes convinced that only God's will could bring this group of people with the perfect combination of knowledge and experience together at the moment when the alien signal was detected. Sandoz and his friends, along with three other Jesuit priests, are chosen by the Society of Jesus to travel in secret to the planet, using an <a href="/wiki/Interstellar_travel" title="Interstellar travel">interstellar vessel</a> made with a small <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a>. </p><p>Upon reaching Rakhat, the crew tries to acclimatize themselves to the new world, experimenting with eating local <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a>, then making contact with a rural village, inhabited by a peaceful tribe of <a href="/wiki/Herbivore" title="Herbivore">herbivore</a> <a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">gatherers</a>, the Runa. Though the Runa are clearly not the singers of the radio broadcasts, the Earthlings settle among them and begin to learn their language (Ruanja) and culture. Although Sandoz struggles with his attraction to Sofia, he finds greater spiritual meaning in his interactions with the Runa. The crew transmits all their findings via computer uplink to the asteroid-ship in <a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">orbit</a>. One day, in an attempt to retrieve supplies from their landing vehicle for a sick crew member, the landing vehicle runs short of the fuel needed to safely return to the asteroid ship, and the crew must face the reality that they may never return to Earth. </p><p>When the Earthlings finally meet a member of the culture that produced the radio transmissions, he proves to be of an entirely different species from the rural natives, a Jana'ata. He is an ambitious merchant named Supaari VaGayjur. Supaari VaGayjur sees in the visitors a possibility to improve his status, while the crew hopes to find an alternative source of fuel in Supaari's city, Gayjur. Meanwhile, the crew begins to grow their own food, introducing the concept of agriculture to the villagers. These seemingly innocent actions and accompanying cultural misunderstandings precipitate an outbreak of violence. Though not closely related genetically, the Jana'ata have evolved by <a href="/wiki/Aggressive_mimicry" title="Aggressive mimicry">aggressive mimicry</a> to physically resemble the Runa, who are in fact their prey species. The human introduction of agriculture leads to a Runa <a href="/wiki/Baby_boom" title="Baby boom">baby boom</a> which is harvested by the predatory Jana'ata. The humans are riven with guilt over their misguided action, and most of the crew are killed when defending against the Jana'ata attack. Only Sandoz and Marc Robichaux survive, and Sandoz endures capture, degradation, and a crisis of faith. Eventually found by Supaari, Sandoz's hands are disfigured and rendered useless in a Jana'ata practice meant to convey the honor and privilege of being dependent on another, a mutilation analogous to the practice of <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">foot binding</a>. The mutilation kills the other surviving crew member; Sandoz survives, though he is physically and spiritually traumatized, believing himself at fault for the death of his friends. Later, Supaari gives Sandoz to the Reshtar of Galatna, a poet and musician, in exchange for the right to have a wife and start his own lineage. Held captive by the Reshtar, Sandoz realizes the Reshtar is the source of the music that brought the humans to Rakhat and momentarily regains his faith; however, the Reshtar is only interested in Sandoz as a pet who is <a href="/wiki/Sexual_slavery" title="Sexual slavery">forced to sexually satisfy</a> the musician, along with his friends and colleagues. It is later revealed that the Reshtar broadcasts songs about his sexual exploits, songs which may have been heard on Earth. </p><p>When Sandoz returns to Earth in 2060, his friends are dead, and his faith, once considered worthy of <a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">canonization</a> by his superiors, has turned into <a href="/wiki/Theodicy" title="Theodicy">bitter anger with the god</a> who inspired him to go to Rakhat. Due to <a href="/wiki/Twin_paradox" title="Twin paradox">relativistic space-time effects</a>, decades had passed while he has been gone, during which popular outrage at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>' initial and highly out-of-context report on the mission, especially Sandoz's role in the tragedy, had left the Society of Jesus shattered, nearly extinct. The Jesuits shelter Sandoz from the media and help him recover physically, while the Father Superior selects a panel of Jesuit priests from around the world to help Sandoz come out of his shell and explain what really happened. Initially bent on discovering the truth, the other priests eventually recognize the great personal cost at which the journey came, and accept Sandoz's epic struggle with his faith. Over the course of several months, Sandoz painfully explains his story and begins his personal healing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similarities_to_other_works">Similarities to other works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Similarities to other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Sparrow</i> is similar to <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a>'s science fiction novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Conscience" title="A Case of Conscience">A Case of Conscience</a></i>. It also involves a Jesuit priest confronting an alien civilization. Mary Doria Russell has addressed this speculation: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I get this question all the time, because Blish's 1958 story is about a Spanish Jesuit in space. People have told me that the protagonist is named Ruiz-Sanchez, so they thought I must have named Emilio Sandoz in homage to Blish. In fact, Emilio got his name from the pharmaceutical manufacturer who made my son's cold medicine. Danny got a cold in 1992 when I started the book, and I noticed the name <a href="/wiki/Sandoz" title="Sandoz">Sandoz</a> on the medicine label and thought it sounded good. No symbolism or homage beyond that, I'm afraid!<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_significance_and_reception">Literary significance and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary significance and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pearl" title="Nancy Pearl">Nancy Pearl</a>, in an article in <i><a href="/wiki/Library_Journal" title="Library Journal">Library Journal</a></i> about book-club recommendations published five years after <i>The Sparrow</i> came out, felt that this book was mistakenly categorized as <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a>, and that it is really "a <a href="/wiki/Philosophical_fiction" title="Philosophical fiction">philosophical novel</a> about the nature of good and evil and what happens when a man tries to do the right thing, for the right reasons and ends up causing incalculable harm".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Pearl's comment about categorization as science fiction is at odds with the author's own assessment. In "Jesuits in Space," her afterword to the 20th-anniversary edition of <i>The Sparrow,</i> Russell repeatedly refers to the book as science fiction, and writes, "At the heart of religion, and at the heart of anthropology, and at the heart of science fiction, there are similar concerns, though there are differences in the kinds of stories we tell and the conclusions that we reach."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It's also worth noting that <i>every</i> award (see next section) won by <i>The Sparrow</i> was specifically a science-fiction award. </p><p>In the Catholic journal <i><a href="/wiki/Commonweal_(magazine)" title="Commonweal (magazine)">Commonweal</a></i>, Paul Q. Kane writes that Russell has done her research on the early historic Jesuit missions and on Jesuit spirituality. He continues that she is successfully updating the stories of other important Jesuits who have sent men to distant lands or went themselves to foreign cultures to represent Christianity. "Russell subtly raises concerns about the ways in which sophisticated cultures tell themselves cover stories in order to justify actions taken at a terrible cost to others". This is also reflected in the way that Sofia has to buy her freedom from what she describes as an institution of intellectual prostitution; as well as the differences between the simple <i>Runa</i> who live in the countryside and the <i>Jana'ata</i>, who are the sophisticated city dwellers that created the beautiful music which triggered the mission originally.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 1996 <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree,_Jr._Award" class="mw-redirect" title="James Tiptree, Jr. Award">James Tiptree, Jr. Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1998 <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award" title="Arthur C. Clarke Award">Arthur C. Clarke Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1998 <a href="/wiki/BSFA_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="BSFA Award for Best Novel">BSFA Award for Best Novel</a></li> <li>The 1998 <a href="/wiki/John_W._Campbell_Award_for_Best_New_Writer" class="mw-redirect" title="John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer">John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer</a></li> <li>The 2001 <a href="/wiki/Kurd_La%C3%9Fwitz_Award" title="Kurd Laßwitz Award">Kurd Laßwitz Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 2001 <a href="/wiki/Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards" title="Gaylactic Spectrum Awards">Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame</a> (<i>The Sparrow</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_God_(novel)" title="Children of God (novel)">Children of God</a></i> together)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film,_television_and_theatrical_adaptations"><span id="Film.2C_television_and_theatrical_adaptations"></span>Film, television and theatrical adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Film, television and theatrical adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2006 it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> had purchased the rights to <i>The Sparrow</i> for <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>'s production company, <a href="/wiki/Plan_B_Entertainment" title="Plan B Entertainment">Plan B</a>, and that Pitt himself would be playing the role of Sandoz with screenwriter Michael Seitzman adapting the novel to film.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since then, Mary Russell has revoked all film rights, believing that Hollywood cannot and will not make a film version of <i>The Sparrow</i> that is faithful to the book. She has written her own screenplay with her assistant Karen Hall, but has realized it has little to no chance of being produced.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/American_Movie_Classics" class="mw-redirect" title="American Movie Classics">AMC</a> announced it was developing a television adaptation of the book.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frank" title="Scott Frank">Scott Frank</a> announced his plans to adapt <i>The Sparrow</i> as a miniseries, to be presented on <a href="/wiki/FX_(TV_channel)" title="FX (TV channel)">FX</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Johan_Renck" title="Johan Renck">Johan Renck</a> is being looked at to direct, with Frank, Renck, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(producer)" title="Mark Johnson (producer)">Mark Johnson</a> signed on as executive producers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_works">Related works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Related works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Conscience" title="A Case of Conscience">A Case of Conscience</a></i> also has a Jesuit priest confronting an alien civilization.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a>'s short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Star_(Clarke_short_story)" title="The Star (Clarke short story)">The Star</a>" a Jesuit scientist finds out a faith-shaking fact about a <a href="/wiki/Supernova" title="Supernova">supernova</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem" title="Stanisław Lem">Stanisław Lem</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Fiasco_(novel)" title="Fiasco (novel)">Fiasco</a></i> is also about <a href="/wiki/First_contact_(science_fiction)" title="First contact (science fiction)">first contact</a> <a href="/wiki/SETI" class="mw-redirect" title="SETI">SETI</a> mission and has a priest (although <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a>) as one of prominent secondary characters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Faber" title="Michel Faber">Michel Faber</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Strange_New_Things" title="The Book of Strange New Things">The Book of Strange New Things</a></i> is a novel about a pastor sent as a missionary to an alien species.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Progressive</a>/<a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">symphonic rock</a> band <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metaphor.org">Metaphor</a> has produced a concept album/rock opera based on <i>The Sparrow</i> (with the author's permission). The CD was released in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1996, US, Villard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-679-45150-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-679-45150-1">978-0-679-45150-1</a>, Pub date 9 September 1996, Hardcover</li> <li>1996, US, Brilliance Corp <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56100-708-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56100-708-0">978-1-56100-708-0</a>, Pub date 1 October 1996, Audio Cassette</li> <li>1997, US, Ballantine Books <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-449-91255-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-449-91255-3">978-0-449-91255-3</a>, Pub date 8 September 1997, Paperback</li> <li>1997, UK, Black Swan <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-552-99777-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-552-99777-5">978-0-552-99777-5</a>, Pub date 1 November 1997, Paperback</li> <li>2008, US, Brilliance Audio <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4233-5628-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4233-5628-8">978-1-4233-5628-8</a>, Pub date 4 April 2008, Audio CD</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sparrow_(novel)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell2007" class="citation web cs1">Russell, Mary Doria (2007-03-10). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://homepages.roadrunner.com/druss44121/faqs.htm">"Frequently Asked Questions"</a>. <i>homepages.roadrunner.com</i>. 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Rasband</a>, <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Mormon_Letters" title="Association for Mormon Letters">Association for Mormon Letters</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120217013121/http://www.aml-online.org/Reviews/Review.aspx?id=3046">Second review of The Sparrow by Rasband</a>, with Russell's response.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120217013130/http://www.aml-online.org/Reviews/Review.aspx?id=3176">Review of Children of God by Rasband</a>.</li> <li>Infinity Plus <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intmdr.htm">Interview</a> with Mary Doria Russell where she discusses The Sparrow.</li> <li>Video clip of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zM0ec_Yps">interview</a> with Mary Doria Russell and NPR Book Reviewer Alan Cheuse talking about faith and fiction in The Sparrow.</li> <li>Mary Doria 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Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inverted_World" title="Inverted World">Inverted World</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)" title="Christopher Priest (novelist)">Christopher Priest</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orbitsville" title="Orbitsville">Orbitsville</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shaw" title="Bob Shaw">Bob Shaw</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brontomek!&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brontomek! (page does not exist)">Brontomek!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_G._Coney" title="Michael G. Coney">Michael G. Coney</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jonah_Kit" title="The Jonah Kit">The Jonah Kit</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Watson_(author)" title="Ian Watson (author)">Ian Watson</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly" title="A Scanner Darkly">A Scanner Darkly</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unlimited_Dream_Company" title="The Unlimited Dream Company">The Unlimited Dream Company</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/J._G._Ballard" title="J. G. Ballard">J. G. Ballard</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Timescape" title="Timescape">Timescape</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Benford" title="Gregory Benford">Gregory Benford</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Torturer" title="The Shadow of the Torturer">The Shadow of the Torturer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wolfe" title="Gene Wolfe">Gene Wolfe</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helliconia#Helliconia_Spring" title="Helliconia">Helliconia Spring</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Aldiss" title="Brian Aldiss">Brian W. Aldiss</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tik-Tok_(novel)" title="Tik-Tok (novel)">Tik-Tok</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Sladek" title="John Sladek">John Sladek</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mythago_Wood" title="Mythago Wood">Mythago Wood</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Holdstock" title="Robert Holdstock">Robert Holdstock</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helliconia_Winter" title="Helliconia Winter">Helliconia Winter</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Aldiss" title="Brian Aldiss">Brian W. Aldiss</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ragged_Astronauts" title="The Ragged Astronauts">The Ragged Astronauts</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shaw" title="Bob Shaw">Bob Shaw</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A1inne_(novel)" title="Gráinne (novel)">Gráinne</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Keith_Roberts" title="Keith Roberts">Keith Roberts</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lavondyss" title="Lavondyss">Lavondyss</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Holdstock" title="Robert Holdstock">Robert Holdstock</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pyramids_(novel)" title="Pyramids (novel)">Pyramids</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett" title="Terry Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Back_Plenty" title="Take Back Plenty">Take Back Plenty</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenland" title="Colin Greenland">Colin Greenland</a> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Hyperion_(novel)" title="The Fall of Hyperion (novel)">The Fall of Hyperion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_trilogy#Red_Mars" title="Mars trilogy">Red Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aztec_Century" title="Aztec Century">Aztec Century</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Evans_(author)" title="Christopher Evans (author)">Christopher Evans</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feersum_Endjinn" title="Feersum Endjinn">Feersum Endjinn</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Iain_Banks" title="Iain Banks">Iain M. Banks</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Ships" title="The Time Ships">The Time Ships</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Baxter_(author)" title="Stephen Baxter (author)">Stephen Baxter</a> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Excession" title="Excession">Excession</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Iain_Banks" title="Iain Banks">Iain M. Banks</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Sparrow</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Doria_Russell" title="Mary Doria Russell">Mary Doria Russell</a> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Extremes" title="The Extremes">The Extremes</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)" title="Christopher Priest (novelist)">Christopher Priest</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sky_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Sky Road (page does not exist)">The Sky Road</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ken_MacLeod" title="Ken MacLeod">Ken MacLeod</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ash:_A_Secret_History" title="Ash: A Secret History">Ash: A Secret History</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Gentle" title="Mary Gentle">Mary Gentle</a> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chasm_City" title="Chasm City">Chasm City</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds" title="Alastair Reynolds">Alastair Reynolds</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Separation_(Priest_novel)" title="The Separation (Priest novel)">The Separation</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)" title="Christopher Priest (novelist)">Christopher Priest</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arabesk_trilogy#Felaheen" title="Arabesk trilogy">Felaheen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jon_Courtenay_Grimwood" title="Jon Courtenay Grimwood">Jon Courtenay Grimwood</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/River_of_Gods" title="River of Gods">River of Gods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(British_author)" title="Ian McDonald (British author)">Ian McDonald</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Air_(novel)" title="Air (novel)">Air</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Ryman" title="Geoff Ryman">Geoff Ryman</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=End_of_the_World_Blues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="End of the World Blues (page does not exist)">End of the World Blues</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jon_Courtenay_Grimwood" title="Jon Courtenay Grimwood">Jon Courtenay Grimwood</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brasyl" title="Brasyl">Brasyl</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(British_author)" title="Ian McDonald (British author)">Ian McDonald</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Sessions" title="The Night Sessions">The Night Sessions</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ken_MacLeod" title="Ken MacLeod">Ken MacLeod</a> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City" title="The City & the City">The City & the City</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" title="China Miéville">China Miéville</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dervish_House" title="The Dervish House">The Dervish House</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(British_author)" title="Ian McDonald (British author)">Ian McDonald</a> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Islanders_(Christopher_Priest_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Islanders (Christopher Priest novel)">The Islanders</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)" title="Christopher Priest (novelist)">Christopher Priest</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Glass_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Glass (novel) (page does not exist)">Jack Glass</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Roberts_(British_writer)" title="Adam Roberts (British writer)">Adam Roberts</a> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ancillary_Justice" title="Ancillary Justice">Ancillary Justice</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Leckie" title="Ann Leckie">Ann Leckie</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ack-Ack_Macaque" title="Ack-Ack Macaque">Ack-Ack Macaque</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gareth_L._Powell" title="Gareth L. Powell">Gareth L. Powell</a> (tie) (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ancillary_Sword" title="Ancillary Sword">Ancillary Sword</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Leckie" title="Ann Leckie">Ann Leckie</a> (2014)</li> <li><i>The House of Shattered Wings</i> by <a href="/wiki/Aliette_de_Bodard" title="Aliette de Bodard">Aliette de Bodard</a> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Europe_in_Winter" title="Europe in Winter">Europe in Winter</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Hutchinson" title="Dave Hutchinson">Dave Hutchinson</a> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rift_(Allan_novel)" title="The Rift (Allan novel)">The Rift</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nina_Allan" title="Nina Allan">Nina Allan</a> (2017)</li> <li><i>Embers of War</i> by <a href="/wiki/Gareth_L._Powell" title="Gareth L. Powell">Gareth L. Powell</a> (2018)</li> <li><i>Children of Ruin</i> by <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Tchaikovsky" title="Adrian Tchaikovsky">Adrian Tchaikovsky</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_We_Became" title="The City We Became">The City We Became</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Otherwise_Award/James_Tiptree_Jr._Award_Winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Otherwise_Award_Winners" title="Template:Otherwise Award Winners"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Otherwise_Award_Winners" title="Template talk:Otherwise Award Winners"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Otherwise_Award_Winners" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Otherwise Award Winners"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Otherwise_Award/James_Tiptree_Jr._Award_Winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Otherwise_Award" title="Otherwise Award">Otherwise Award</a>/James Tiptree Jr. Award Winners</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retrospective<br />winners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Motherlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherlines">Motherlines</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Walk_to_the_End_of_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Walk to the End of the World">Walk to the End of the World</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Suzy_McKee_Charnas" title="Suzy McKee Charnas">Suzy McKee Charnas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" title="The Left Hand of Darkness">The Left Hand of Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Female_Man" title="The Female Man">The Female Man</a></i> and "<a href="/wiki/When_It_Changed" title="When It Changed">When It Changed</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Woman_of_the_Iron_People" title="A Woman of the Iron People">A Woman of the Iron People</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Arnason" title="Eleanor Arnason">Eleanor Arnason</a> (1991, tie)</li> <li><i>White Queen</i> by <a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Jones_(novelist)" title="Gwyneth Jones (novelist)">Gwyneth Jones</a> (1991, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/China_Mountain_Zhang" title="China Mountain Zhang">China Mountain Zhang</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Maureen_F._McHugh" title="Maureen F. McHugh">Maureen F. McHugh</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ammonite_(novel)" title="Ammonite (novel)">Ammonite</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Griffith" title="Nicola Griffith">Nicola Griffith</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Matter_of_Seggri" title="The Matter of Seggri">The Matter of Seggri</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1994, tie)</li> <li><i>Larque on the Wing</i> by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Springer" title="Nancy Springer">Nancy Springer</a> (1994, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waking_the_Moon" title="Waking the Moon">Waking the Moon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hand" title="Elizabeth Hand">Elizabeth Hand</a> (1995, tie)</li> <li><i>The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein</i> by <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roszak_(scholar)" title="Theodore Roszak (scholar)">Theodore Roszak</a> (1995, tie)</li> <li>"Mountain Ways" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1996, tie)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Sparrow</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Doria_Russell" title="Mary Doria Russell">Mary Doria Russell</a> (1996, tie)</li> <li><i>Black Wine</i> by <a href="/wiki/Candas_Jane_Dorsey" title="Candas Jane Dorsey">Candas Jane Dorsey</a> (1997, tie)</li> <li>"Travels With The Snow Queen" by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Link" title="Kelly Link">Kelly Link</a> (1997, tie)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Congenital_Agenesis_of_Gender_Ideation" title="Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation">Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Carter" class="mw-redirect" title="Raphael Carter">Raphael Carter</a> (1998)</li> <li><i>The Conqueror's Child</i> by <a href="/wiki/Suzy_McKee_Charnas" title="Suzy McKee Charnas">Suzy McKee Charnas</a> (1999)</li> <li><i>Wild Life</i> by <a href="/wiki/Molly_Gloss" title="Molly Gloss">Molly Gloss</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kappa_Child" title="The Kappa Child">The Kappa Child</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Goto" title="Hiromi Goto">Hiromi Goto</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_(novel)" title="Light (novel)">Light</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/M._John_Harrison" title="M. John Harrison">M. John Harrison</a> (2002, tie)</li> <li>"Stories for Men" by <a href="/wiki/John_Kessel" title="John Kessel">John Kessel</a> (2002, tie)</li> <li><i>Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls</i> by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ruff" title="Matt Ruff">Matt Ruff</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camouflage_(novel)" title="Camouflage (novel)">Camouflage</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (2004, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_Before_Sundown" title="Not Before Sundown">Not Before Sundown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Johanna_Sinisalo" title="Johanna Sinisalo">Johanna Sinisalo</a> (2004, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Air_(novel)" title="Air (novel)">Air</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Ryman" title="Geoff Ryman">Geoff Ryman</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Orphan%27s_Tales:_In_the_Night_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden">The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Catherynne_M._Valente" title="Catherynne M. Valente">Catherynne M. Valente</a> (2006, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Half_Life_(Jackson_novel)" title="Half Life (Jackson novel)">Half Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Jackson" title="Shelley Jackson">Shelley Jackson</a> (2006, tie)</li> <li><i>James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon</i> by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Phillips" title="Julie Phillips">Julie Phillips</a> (2006, special recognition)</li> <li><i>The Carhullan Army</i> by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hall_(writer)" title="Sarah Hall (writer)">Sarah Hall</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Knife_of_Never_Letting_Go" title="The Knife of Never Letting Go">The Knife of Never Letting Go</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ness" title="Patrick Ness">Patrick Ness</a> (2008, tie)</li> <li><i>Filter House</i> by <a href="/wiki/Nisi_Shawl" title="Nisi Shawl">Nisi Shawl</a> (2008, tie)</li> <li><i>Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales</i> by <a href="/wiki/Greer_Gilman" title="Greer Gilman">Greer Gilman</a> (2009, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Coku:_The_Inner_Chambers" title="Ōoku: The Inner Chambers">Ōoku: The Inner Chambers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fumi_Yoshinaga" title="Fumi Yoshinaga">Fumi Yoshinaga</a> (2009, tie)</li> <li><i>Baba Yaga Laid an Egg</i> by <a href="/wiki/Dubravka_Ugre%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Dubravka Ugrešić">Dubravka Ugrešić</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Redwood_and_Wildfire" title="Redwood and Wildfire">Redwood and Wildfire</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Hairston" title="Andrea Hairston">Andrea Hairston</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowning_Girl" title="The Drowning Girl">The Drowning Girl</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Caitl%C3%ADn_R._Kiernan" title="Caitlín R. Kiernan">Caitlín R. Kiernan</a> (2012, tie)</li> <li><i>Ancient, Ancient</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kiini_Ibura_Salaam" title="Kiini Ibura Salaam">Kiini Ibura Salaam</a> (2012, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rupetta" title="Rupetta">Rupetta</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nike_Sulway" title="Nike Sulway">N. A. Sulway</a> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_in_the_Road" title="The Girl in the Road">The Girl in the Road</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Monica_Byrne" title="Monica Byrne">Monica Byrne</a> (2014, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Real_Children" title="My Real Children">My Real Children</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jo_Walton" title="Jo Walton">Jo Walton</a> (2014, tie)</li> <li>"The New Mother" by Eugene Fischer (2015, tie)</li> <li><i>Lizard Radio</i> by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Schmatz" title="Pat Schmatz">Pat Schmatz</a> (2015, tie)</li> <li><i>When the Moon Was Ours</i> by <a href="/wiki/Anna-Marie_McLemore" title="Anna-Marie McLemore">Anna-Marie McLemore</a> (2016)</li> <li><i>Who Runs the World?</i> by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Bergin" title="Virginia Bergin">Virginia Bergin</a> (2017)</li> <li>"They Will Dream in the Garden" by Gabriela Damián Miravete (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_(novel)" title="Freshwater (novel)">Freshwater</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Akwaeke_Emezi" title="Akwaeke Emezi">Akwaeke Emezi</a> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ife-Iyoku,_the_Tale_of_Imadeyunuagbon" title="Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon">Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Oghenechovwe_Donald_Ekpeki" title="Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki">Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_from_Uncommon_Stars" title="Light from Uncommon Stars">Light from Uncommon Stars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ryka_Aoki" title="Ryka Aoki">Ryka Aoki</a> (2021, tie)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sorrowland" title="Sorrowland">Sorrowland</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rivers_Solomon" title="Rivers Solomon">Rivers Solomon</a> (2021, tie)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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