Every day this week.

Eric James Stone casts his pearls before swine, today only.

Here’s a great piece of theo-fiction for Halloween.

Don’t miss today’s story from Daily SF, “Ten Speeds at the End of the World,” by Guinevere Robin Rowell. it combines “what if this were the world’s last night?” with a touch of proper sentiment. It’s not up yet on the site so look for it in the next couple of days.

John C. Wright hilariously essays to write about the supposed opposition between religion and science, and the nature of science fiction. His definition of science fiction is close to the true one, which is that science fiction is the imaginative fiction of the myths of modernity. (more…)

and the good society.

Altered Carbon is readable–even very readable–but not a book I’ll want to reread. (more…)

My review of The Great Divorce from a Mormon perspective is up. I think you’ll like it. Let me know what you think.

You can read it here, and comment here.

Some thoughts on the divine purpose of imagination that should be of interest to Mormons. (more…)

Eric Stone’s new story shines bright. It’s a curious thing, but two of my favorite SF stories are based on verses from Job: Eric Stone’s, and Declare.

See also here.

Not altogether lacking in patina.

Mormon SF readers will enjoy this First Things essay.

So Aslan smites his enemies hip and thigh? I’d read it. Except that’s pretty much already in the Christian Narnia.

Update:

More here: http://agentintellect.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-on-jewish-fantasy-literature.html

If the Mormon Review ever gets around to publishing my essay on The Great Divorce, you’ll find that Overstreet’s definition of what’s important about fantasy is what I was trying to get at. (more…)

Poul Anderson was a good and very prolific writer of science fiction who occasionally was great. (more…)