tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post6334787921431829971..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Hey, you got your AI in my dogma . . .Tripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-91412164724263784352008-06-26T13:46:00.000-07:002008-06-26T13:46:00.000-07:00Good call on the Road. It is, on one level, an arg...Good call on the Road. It is, on one level, an argument against the sin of despair.<BR/><BR/>Aside from religious themes, I also like religions in space, and I think that Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow is an excellent choice in that regard.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-61746930643803525512008-06-25T18:58:00.000-07:002008-06-25T18:58:00.000-07:00. . . Silent Planet. With an "E". I suppose pla.... . . Silent Planet. With an "E". I suppose plants are usually silent, unless they are a grunge band from Seattle featured on the Singles soundtrack.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-77545497745060717422008-06-25T18:55:00.000-07:002008-06-25T18:55:00.000-07:00Hmm. Probably one I haven't yet read, but should ...Hmm. Probably one I haven't yet read, but should have, like Out of the Silent Plant by CS Lewis.<BR/><BR/>Whether it's sci fi or spec fic, Cormac McCarthy's The Road does a great job of stripping away both religion and society to examine the first principles of faith and humanity. It gets my vote.<BR/><BR/>Other thought provoking tomes are The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, which starts off as a recasting of the Count of Monte Cristo but ends up in a place more spiritual, and Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, which definitely comes at the question from the Hitchens side of things.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-57946648431642606232008-06-25T12:55:00.000-07:002008-06-25T12:55:00.000-07:00Riddle me this, which science fiction novel best t...Riddle me this, which science fiction novel best tackles the question of religion and society?Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.com