Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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consiglieri wrote:
Yahoo Bot wrote:Well, I'm a LDS writer; not really science fiction. I sometimes loose focus as a Mormon writer. The Mormon's are a closed-knit group and don't have a lot of life experience. Mormons are smart people and there writers are pretty good.


I take it the irony is intentional . . .


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Yahoo Bot wrote:Well, I'm a LDS writer; not really science fiction. I sometimes loose focus as a Mormon writer. The Mormon's are a closed-knit group and don't have a lot of life experience. Mormons are smart people and there writers are pretty good.



Ha ha. You missed one.


Ha ha. You did, too.

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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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yohoo bot wrote: "I sometimes loose focus as a Mormon writer."
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"loose" focus?

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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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You really are an idiot simon. What have I lost? I love science fiction and fantasy, so if anything I am saying a good thing about Mormons. If I was wrong all it would mean is that I rated them too highly. You see everything in the world as a battle between Mormon apologists and their critics, and that, my dear simian, makes you an idiot. Besides, what don't know would fill a lot of books.
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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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Don't forget that lady with those Twilight books or other fantasy books (no, I am not referring to those by Church leaders) of the wizard and dragons category.

LDS people appreciate good stories and what better way to express it than science fiction. Romance novels are too provocative for many Mormon women and some historical fiction like the Work and the Glory might accidentally get made into a movie.

Ninja novels starring Orin Porter Rockwell stand as the next unexplored genre.
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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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Maybe as a whole, Mormon culture helps instill and cultivate creative thinking and expression? Maybe that creative drive is most easily expressible in fantasy and science fiction literature?
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I know of at least one LDS author who wrote a book about a group of serial killers. It contains themes of murder and sex that might freak out the most conservative LDS person, but are they the target audience?
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Yahoo Bot wrote:Well, I'm a LDS writer; not really science fiction. I sometimes loose focus as a Mormon writer. The Mormon's are a closed-knit group and don't have a lot of life experience. Mormons are smart people and there writers are pretty good.


* snicker *

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MrStakhanovite wrote:Maybe as a whole, Mormon culture helps instill and cultivate creative thinking and expression? Maybe that creative drive is most easily expressible in fantasy and science fiction literature?

Maybe they choose that genre because it is less likely to get them into trouble with the church.

I know of at least one LDS author who wrote a book about a group of serial killers. It contains themes of murder and sex that might freak out the most conservative LDS person, but are they the target audience?
Sounds like 1835-1870 all over again. Polygamous Danites.
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Re: Why are so many science fiction/fantasy writers Mormon?

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Doctor Scratch wrote:I wonder if one of the reasons is that writers really can't do serious literary fiction about Mormonism without risk of getting in trouble with the Church. By depicting Mormon themes through this veil of fantasy and science fiction, it puts some distance between the "actual" Church and the drama and conflicts within the narrative. Thus: the "temple sealing" depicted in the Star Wars book that MsJack mentions is going to be okay, but the similar temple stuff described in, say, Red Water is going to get dismissed. Similarly, if you were to portray Brigham Young as a heavy-set polygamous vampire, it's going to be less likely to piss people off than a straight-up, realist depiction.


Hello Dr. Scratch,

I respectfully disagree. I believe the reason why Mormons cannot do serious fiction is because, as demonstrated by our resident lawyer, they're generally pretty stupid.

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