Blogonomicon sent me on a mini research project tonight, while I took a break from lamenting over my own novel. Christian fantasy/sci-fi buffs more than likely know all about George MacDonald's influence on Tolkien, C.S.Lewis & Mark Twain, but suprisingly I had not.
With the birth of Christian manga for tweens and teens. King Kong's newest release this christmas, Prince Caspian's release next year after Narnia, Serenity and oodles and googles of other scifi movies coming out with christian undertones why aren't there more christian sci-fi writers? Now I'm a novice at this niche genre, so please help me out, who will Selah be reading about in sixth-grade English? Who are the popular Christian sci fi novelists and what are they up to? More importantly, who's the next Morpheus/Spock/Aslan?
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Jefferson Scott is good, so is Sam Yancey. Anne Rice is once again a Christian Writer -- but you probably know that.
The nonevangelicals who use Biblical imagery are Jacqueline Carey; Lyda Morehouse (Quaker or Unitarian); Octavia Butler, who uses Christian imageries but doesn't claim to be a Christian. Many black folks her, Naomi Kritzer, and Sharon Shinn who may or may not be Christian.
Many Christians like Terry Brooks.The largest denomination nowadays writing fantasy are Mormons. I suspect because it is part of their religion to believe in different planets, etc.
A great website is:
http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_other.html
Black SF writers are:
http://booksandotherstuff.com/Catalog_sciencefiction.asp
You know I like Octavia Butler. Never thought about putting her in the pot. You gave me a lot of names and a great deal of info on Mormons writing fantasy, which suprises somehow. Thanks, Carole for the wealth of info. You need a cookie for this great comment. :)
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