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From: ken@qantel.UUCP (Ken Nichols@ex6193)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Yellow Press in SciFi?
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 15:59:53 EST
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In article <2163@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuqui Q. Koala) writes:
 
  
> If you are interested in looking for SF books that
> show religion in an intelligent and thoughtful way, I suggest you track
> down 'A Case of Conscience' by James Blish, 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' by
> Walter MIller, or 'Behold the Man' by Michael Moorcock. A very interesting
> book about religion from a less traditional view is 'Black Easter', also by
> Blish, and its companion 'Day ofter Judgement'. An interesting short that
> comes to mind is 'The Star' by A.C. Clarke. I wouldn't call any of these
> stories pro-religious propoganda, but I also don't believe any of them to
> be blatantly anti-religious. Their basic purpose is to look at religion and
> make you think about it and I think they are all fair (some more than
> others) to religion as a concept.


I don't know about the SF books mentioned above, but I do know of a SF
trilogy by C. S. Lewis that is quite good.  Though religion is not
specificaly mentioned, the books have analogies to religion as the base
of their story line.  I have read them two or three times and they are 
very interesting.  But wouldn't you know it, I'm at work and I can only 
remember the name of the first book in the trilogy.  I will post the
other titles later I guess.  The first book is called Perelandra.

Although some parts of the last book contains what some might call graphic
violence, I would suggest this as good reading to any Christian SF fan.
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Ken Nichols
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