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Post by kj on Aug 23, 2017 10:57:53 GMT
I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but my favourite sci-fi novel is Walter M Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's a Post-Apocalypse novel revolving around a monastery and spans generations. It also has the best fictional treatment of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity in an intriguing sub-plot that runs through the whole story.
My other favourite is A Case of Conscience by James Blish. It concerns a Jesuit scientist who encounters what appears to be a planet that is free from Original Sin. It is ingenious and highly theologically literate. I very much recommend it.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 23, 2017 12:39:17 GMT
I've read A Canticle for Leibowitz. I can't say I thought very highly of it, and I don't really remember it well. I was an agnostic when I read it.
My favourite Christian science fiction novel is Out of the Silent Planet. I've read it twice. I also read the other two volumes of The Space Trilogy, but I didn't like them as much.
I haven't read any others, as far as I know, apart from an obscure Evangelical story called The Last Guardian which was not much good.
(I'm not italicizing titles because it's too much bother.)
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Post by kj on Aug 23, 2017 15:42:55 GMT
If you're ever in the mood, I strongly recommend giving Canticle a go again, now that you're a devout Catholic. It will mean so much more.
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Post by cato on Feb 3, 2022 12:12:43 GMT
I have decided to read some dystopian/apocalyptic fiction in 2022 to cheer myself up. I am interested in how it blurs into science fiction which can be a genre where we are really talking about the present day human condition.
I finished Alexandria by Paul Kingsnorth and Fr Elijah by Michael O Brien, two very different books on the end times. I ll post on both of them later.
A Canticle for Leibowitz is favourably mentioned above by KJ.I really enjoyed reading it during our first lockdown and also recommend it highly. I now have the sequel on my to read list next. It has the classy title of Saint Leibowitz and the wild horse woman!
I would welcome further suggestions.
I also thought it would be environmentally friendly to recycle a 5 year old thread as well as turning the clock back.
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Post by kj on Feb 3, 2022 14:34:04 GMT
I'm glad you enjoyed ACFL, Cato. Alas, I tried and failed twice with the sequel, but I think this was largely due to the fact the manuscript was left unfinished and unedited at Miller's death and was completed by someone else.
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Post by Antaine on Feb 3, 2022 21:48:31 GMT
A bit off the point, but I remember there was a user from the Irish Catholics forum who was really interested in Sci-Fi, and I believe he was also interested in writing Sci-Fi books. I wonder if he did/will ever publish some.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Feb 3, 2022 22:35:19 GMT
A bit off the point, but I remember there was a user from the Irish Catholics forum who was really interested in Sci-Fi, and I believe he was also interested in writing Sci-Fi books. I wonder if he did/will ever publish some. Was that Ranger? |
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Post by Antaine on Feb 5, 2022 12:11:07 GMT
Yes, but I know he disappeared a while back.
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Post by eala on Mar 24, 2023 11:55:50 GMT
I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but my favourite sci-fi novel is Walter M Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's a Post-Apocalypse novel revolving around a monastery and spans generations. It also has the best fictional treatment of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity in an intriguing sub-plot that runs through the whole story. My other favourite is A Case of Conscience by James Blish. It concerns a Jesuit scientist who encounters what appears to be a planet that is free from Original Sin. It is ingenious and highly theologically literate. I very much recommend it. I seem to recall Alister MacIntyre used it as a guiding image in his after virtue |
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