My favorite examples of Mormon-themed science fiction:
A Billion Eves by Robert Reed – won the Hugo for best novella in, I believe, 2007.
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook49012.htm
Inclination by William Shunn – short story, Included in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007.
http://www.shunn.net/inclination/
Seeking out the best books
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Morley wrote:zeezrom wrote:Lorna Doone. I liked the way he wrote.
Excellent. I just downloaded it to my kindle. I'll read it on the plane next week.
Really?
Let me know what you think. But if you hated Jane Eyre...
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Corpsegrinder wrote:My favorite examples of Mormon-themed science fiction:
Gah. Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game.
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I liked the short story version of Ender's Game better than the novel.
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zeezrom wrote:Really?
Let me know what you think. But if you hated Jane Eyre...
I should go back and read Jane Eyre again. A lot has changed with me in 35 years.
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I also recommend Twilight by Stephenie Meyers.
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Corpsegrinder wrote:I liked the short story version of Ender's Game better than the novel.
Yes! Me too.
A can never get over the heavy Mormon themes in Card's work, though. It's so blatant.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I also recommend Twilight by Stephenie Meyers.
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I couldn't make it past the first 100 pages.
edit: I will now stop dominating this thread (for a while). Thanks, all.
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The Enders series is good. Homecoming was junk. The women of the Old Testament books aren't too bad.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I also recommend Twilight by Stephenie Meyers.
Yeah, well, I'd rather read Twilight than a sex scene written by Orson Scott Card. He's got the worst sex scenes ever. Whenever he writes about sex it comes out creepy and wrong.