R.A.%20Lafferty%27s%20%22THE%20NAME%20OF%20THE%20SNAKE%22%20-%20Notes%20from%20the%20Shadowlands..%20%u2014%20LiveJournal

R.A.%20Lafferty%27s%20%22THE%20NAME%20OF%20THE%20SNAKE%22%20-%20Notes%20from%20the%20Shadowlands..%20%u2014%20LiveJournal: The Name of the Snake is arguably one of Lafferty's bleaker, blacker works; an ineffectual priest travels to the distant planet of Analos, whose inhabitants claim they have evolved beyond sin and guilt. Something of a comedy on Christian missionary work, it is actually a rather dark satire on something else entirely. Not sure everyone would like the ending.