The following are articles at Science Fiction and Society on the subject of religion.
Apollyon
(Left Behind #5) (Book Review)
It's time once again to pay a visit to the Left Behind series with
a look at the fifth volume, Apollyon: the Destroyer Is Unleashed. As
the story develops, so does our opinion of it. This time around we ask the question,
Is Left Behind honest in its presentation? See if you agree with our
assessment.
Darwinian
Pool Room (Discussion Article)
Time may keep on slipping into the future, but does it do so of its own free
will? Do we impose our own will on time, an otherwise abstract concept? Join
us as we explore temporal qualities, evolution, Creation, and a friendly game
of billiards with this little story by Isaac Asimov.
Deus
X (Book Review)
On a dying earth, civilization seeks its final salvation in a vast electronic
network called the Big Board while the Roman Catholic Church confronts the greatest
challenge it has ever knownÑa challenge that could be its executioner. This
unique novel by Norman Spinrad tackles some very touchy issues including environmental
destruction and God Himself.
Firebird
(Book Review)
What if God had created a universe without Earth, a universe in which other
people with a different history fell from grace and sought salvation on their
own timescale? That's the question raised by SF writer Kathy Tyers in her entry
into the new subgenre of Christian Science Fiction. Just what is Christian SF?
Join us to find out more!
Galileo's
Daughter (Book Review)
Award-winning science writer Dava Sobel follows up her 1995 hit Longitude
with this great book that traces Galileo's professional and family life from
his early days through his ordeals with the Inquisition. Based on letters written
to the scientist by his daughter, Suor Maria Celeste.
Left
Behind (Book Review)
What would you do if the person you love most suddenly vanished? What if you
then found out that you had been left behind when the Rapture occurred? That's
