From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!CSvax:mas Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: "Heretical" Fantasy Article-I.D.: purdue.374 Posted: Wed Sep 15 02:41:19 1982 Received: Fri Sep 17 03:25:26 1982 References: houxq.203 "...the atheist writings in SF. In "Camber of Culdi" by Kurtz is some of the most violent and blasphemous material I have seen." I quite enjoyed the "Camber" series, and while I thought that Ms. Kurtz occasionally tread on paper-thin ground, I'm not ready to call her writings blasphemous. And surely they cannot be labeled atheistic as they present a monotheistic "world" (universe?) where the God is portrayed and worshiped in much the same way as the God of "our world". I would be quite curious as to what folks considered heretical in Kutz's work and Fantasy in general. Can magic and fantastic creatures (e.g. soul-less elves and the like) be written into a "Christian fantasy world" and not be blasphemous? The most oft cited example of "Christian" fantasy is C. S. Lewis's "Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe" series, but this is due to its metaphorical nature. What happens if we choose to ignore the metaphor and consider only the story line? Is the resurrection of a lion blasphemy? Do the creators of polytheistic universes have carte-blanche without fear of religious offense? Does any author who presents an earth-like God that acts in unearthly ways blaspheme? Mostly just curious, Mark Shoemaker ...!pur-ee:csvax:mas mas@purdue