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Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Between Mars and Malacandra, Fantasy and Real Life (A Friday Feature Visit to the Vault)
This is a post from 5 years ago that I still quite like. What interested Lewis about planets as a literary backdrop was not their physical properties but their mythical properties—both how they worked in classical and medieval mythology, and how … Continue reading
20 Years to 8 Children in Narnia with Author Jared Lobdell
I encountered Jared Lobdell’s work because he was one of the few critics to make C.S. Lewis’ WWII-era science fiction–what I call the Ransom Cycle–a study of its own. His 2004 book, The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and … Continue reading
2017 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists and A Review of “The Chapel of the Thorn” by Charles Williams
The Mythopoeic Award shortlist is out (see here). I’m not often at the same table as the cool kids on the newest and hottest fantasy lit–I’m just now reading Patrick Rothfuss, and wondering what I have done with my life … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged A Grief Observed, Arthuriana, Beowulf, Bodleian Library, Chapel of the Thorn, Charles Williams, fantasy, Gladstone's Library, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, Marion E. Wade Center, Mythopoeic Award, narrative poetry, Patrick Rothfuss, Poetry, religion, Science Fiction, Shakespeare
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“Between the Altar and the Stars: Science Fiction and Catholic Storytelling” by Stephen Kotowych
One of my favourite events to attend–and the talk I have perhaps most enjoyed giving–is our local Theology on Tap. Hosted in the taproom above an Irish pub in Charlottetown, we get a diverse perspective of Christian theology, sponsored by … Continue reading
Stephen King on the Supernatural
On Tuesday I spent time thinking about my Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read (SHANWAR) read for 2017, Stephen King’s The Stand. As the snows of winter pen me in, I want a big, long, great book that I … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged 'Salem's Lot, Anne Rice, Bible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carpe Jugulum, Charlene Harris, Charles Williams, Dead Until Dark, fantasy, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Supernatural Fiction, Terry Pratchett, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand, Theology of Culture, True Blood, vampires, writing
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Stephen King and the Genre of Genius
This year for my Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read (SHANWAR), I chose Stephen King’s The Stand (1978) I have never read it before and I don’t think I have ever had a conversation with someone about it. Still, … Continue reading
Losing the Safety of the Real in That Hideous Strength
Though at times hauntingly realistic, scattered throughout C.S. Lewis’ space trilogy are moments where reality slides away from us. In the midst of the mundane—a walk at night, a conversation in a parlor, a sleepy, sunny afternoon on a hillside, … Continue reading
