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Leslie_JnJs_mom -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (10/21/2007 8:04:43 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Eliana

What are the best science fiction books you've read? I liked:

* Dune (Frank Herbert)
* Empyrion (Steven Lawhead)
* The Mind Thing (Fredric Brown)
* The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)

Although I loved Dune, I decided to only read two books in the series, including one prequel. The books really captured my imagination and I didn't want to get carried away and caught up in the whole Dune "universe".



My husband loves dune. He has read and re re re re re read every book!



Zhi -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (10/25/2007 6:13:04 PM)

I'm going to have to second, third, fourth, and fifth everyone who loves Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series. They're fun, they're about as clean as sci fi ever gets, and they're hysterically funny.

I'm also a fan of Anne McCaffrey.



uncabeeil -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (10/26/2007 9:47:01 AM)

If you liked the Stainless Steel Rat series, you'd probably love Bill the Galactic Hero. They're absolutely hysterical!



RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (10/27/2007 5:08:43 PM)

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Dune is amazing. He created a world of incredible scope and depth...comparable to Tolkien's Middle Earth. Have you read the Dune prequels?


Herbert's The Jesus Incident demonstrated how an apostate Christian can create something far viler than any unbeliever could dream up. I've shunned his work since reading that one -- and placing in a trash can.



RJR_fan -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (10/27/2007 5:19:01 PM)

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Cordwainer Smith


Paul Lineberger was a high-church Anglican. His godfather was Sun Yet Sun, the first post-imperial ruler of China. Lineberger was fluent in Chinese and several European languages. He literally "wrote the book" on Psychological Warfare -- although this book is only available used at nearly $200 per copy. To truly demoralize an enemy force, Lineberger wrote, you need to approach him with truth and love. The enemy must sense that you are being honest with him, and have his best interests at heart. During the Korean War, Lineberger saved thousands of lives by authoring a propaganda tract for Chinese soldiers. This flier prescribed a sequence of Chinese "apple pie and motherhood" words. Say these noble words in this order, Lineberger wrote, and you will be received with honor, and well treated. What the American soldier heard with his English-only ears was -- "I surrender!"



RJR_fan -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (10/27/2007 5:25:44 PM)

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the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson.


Truly a grim series, and an insightful window into the mind of a man who admires, but does not share, the Christian faith. His father, a missionary surgeon in India, developed innovative techniques to help lepers regain and retain functionality.

The alternate/dream/imaginary world of Thomas Covenant is meaningful, magical, and grips the imagination, even while his "real" world is as the outcast town leper.

Oh, my. You begin to see why we home-school our kids. We don't want them to regard our faith as a lovely fairy tale. (c.f. the scene in The Silver Chair where Puddleglum pledges allegiance to Narnia, whether it's real or not!) As a parent, I grieve for Donaldson's father when I read the son's novels.



RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (10/27/2007 5:28:55 PM)

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Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Ender's Shadow (Orson Scott Card)


Should we not fall on our faces before God and cry out in shame, when He has to raise up a Mormon to glorify the name of Jesus Christ in this genre we love?

I am no longer permitted to discuss eschatology -- but I still have to believe that Christians quit writing about imaginative futures when they bought into the notion that the didn't have any. Personally, I pray the day will come when I can look into the night sky, and invoke God's favor on kids or grandkids pursuing their callings unto His glory on the moon, or Mars.



9drtr -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/1/2007 7:23:17 PM)

Mirabile and Hellspark by Janet Kagan



Kerrlaw -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/5/2007 9:01:04 PM)

As much as I loved the Dune series (particularly Chapterhouse:Dune)...

My favorite Sci fi is the Foundation series, especially Foundation and Earth.



uncabeeil -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/6/2007 10:23:49 AM)

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Should we not fall on our faces before God and cry out in shame, when He has to raise up a Mormon to glorify the name of Jesus Christ in this genre we love?
Not at all. When I'm reading fiction I could care less what the author's beliefs are. I don't go looking to fiction for anything other escaping from the everyday world for a while. I don't care if the book was written by a Buddhist Jew with Druid tendencies as long as it's entertaining. Besides, there are some excellent Christian sf authors out there. Read the rest of the thread.



rnershigh -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/9/2007 11:58:11 AM)

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ORIGINAL: uncabeeil

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Should we not fall on our faces before God and cry out in shame, when He has to raise up a Mormon to glorify the name of Jesus Christ in this genre we love?
Not at all. When I'm reading fiction I could care less what the author's beliefs are. I don't go looking to fiction for anything other escaping from the everyday world for a while. I don't care if the book was written by a Buddhist Jew with Druid tendencies as long as it's entertaining. Besides, there are some excellent Christian sf authors out there. Read the rest of the thread.


Totally agree uncabeeil. I read for entertainment and to escape from reality.[:)] Has anyone read David Brin's uplift books? I only read one, I think it was the book that came after SunDiver. His book "Earth" was an interesting story too.



annamary2 -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/13/2007 8:12:41 PM)

You are wrong, a real and a loyal christian to his believs must ensure that the literature he reads does not go against our Lord and our beliefs. Although I do not dig in authors religion, but I do check the writing content. If the book even mildly hurts my feelings as a christian, the right place of the book is in the trash bin.



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Restored_Heart -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/14/2007 12:35:42 PM)

My Favorites are:

Piers Anthony - Xanth series, Blue Adept series, Incarnations Series
Anne McCaffery - Pern (Harper hall trilogy is my favorite), Crystal Singer Series
Stephen R. Donaldson - Thomas Covenant
Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide
Robert Heinlen - The Number of the Beast (was NOT about the anti-christ [8|].... but had an interesting take on parallel universes and time/space travel)
Terry Brooks: the Shannara Series

and I cannot remember the author, but the well of souls series was interesting too....

There are probably more :)



uncabeeil -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/14/2007 12:36:04 PM)

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You are wrong
No. I'm not. If I find a book's content offensive I'll put it down. Otherwise I'll read what I want regardless of who wrote or what they believe.

And you should really try to be a little more polite.



rnershigh -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/14/2007 2:19:33 PM)

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ORIGINAL: annamary2

You are wrong, a real and a loyal christian to his believs must ensure that the literature he reads does not go against our Lord and our beliefs. Although I do not dig in authors religion, but I do check the writing content. If the book even mildly hurts my feelings as a christian, the right place of the book is in the trash bin.



Then according to your standards I'm not a "real and loyal Christian". Not that your standards will dictate what I read, because they don't, but I find it interesting that this is a common statement to utter by those, such as yourself, who obviously seem to be in the "know" when it comes to what is right for every Christian.[8|] You know, since it's apparent that you are right and we are wrong.[8D]

If I rejected every book that offended my Christian sensibilities, well, let's just say I would have overlooked many a good book.[;)] Many science fiction books go to the limit of what's deeemed "respectable" or "safe" or "accepted" thinking and go outside the box. Not all science fiction books are like this, but there are a good many that make the reader actually think after they put the book down. IMO, a book that gets a person thinking is a good thing, not a bad thing.



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uncabeeil -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/14/2007 3:15:34 PM)

Obviously he was satanically influenced.[sm=frog.gif]



RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (11/14/2007 10:31:30 PM)

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George Orwell's books can hit a nerve but I enjoy his books. What I want to know is how did he know Bush would become president?


Eric Blair (aka "George Orwell") served, like the American "Abraham Lincoln Brigade," on the Communist side of the Spanish civil war. This gave him deep insight into the nature and practice of evil. The Reds, you may recall, lost more of their fighters to other Red factions than they did to Franco's Fascisti. The term "political correctness" traces back to this war, in fact, since being "politically incorrect" was a capital offense.

For an alternate take on the same ethos, and the same era, read Whitaker Chambers' masterpiece Witness. Both men were gifted writers. Both turned their back on Communism. Chambers, however, turned to Christ. even though he felt he was joining the losing side.



rnershigh -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (4/27/2008 4:33:43 PM)

I'll post in this thread since it's a sci-fi thread and I don't want to create another one.

Has anyone read Hell's Gate by David Weber (written in collaboration with another author, Linda something....)?
It's a new series and I'm wondering how good it is.
I love David Weber's books, so any time he has put out a new book I go out and get it![:D]



SuspenseWriter -> RE: Favorite science fiction books (4/27/2008 8:46:30 PM)

The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham

Guns of the South, by Harry Turtledove (or practically anything else by him; he's the master of alternate history)

The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle



brothertodd -> RE: Favourite science fiction books (5/2/2008 12:36:52 AM)

the best science fiction was written by Darwin[:D]



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