Stages Of Development In The Origins Of Buddhism And Christianity
I ask Poul Anderson fans to read this post and maybe to think of it as the agenda for a discussion between Adzel and Axor in the Old Phoenix.
James Blish was a hard sf writer who addressed religious issues even more often than Poul Anderson and next on this blog, either this evening or tomorrow, will be a continuation of our Anderson-Blish comparisons.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
All SF fans should read Blish's AFTER SUCH KNOWLEDGE books, esp. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
Walter Miller's A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ also comes to mind. Have you ever read it?
Poul Anderson was respectful of honest believers in God. And seems to have admired Cardinal Richelieu, which surprised me! And many of his works treats religion seriously, such as THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN or "A Chapter of Revelation."
I did read your "Stages of Development" blog piece and commented on it.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I have read A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ and somewhere have compared it with other fictional treatments of the Wandering Jew.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Good! But there is so much more to be found in Miller's book than the rather minor sub-theme of the Wandering Jew.
Ad astra! Sean
If you treat human affairs on a large scale, it's impossible to exclude religion and be at all realistic. It's the warp and weft of most human beings' lives.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Of course I agree with you! And I have noticed how seriously you treat religion in your own novels. And I'm sure Poul Anderson's influence on this matter also shaped how you treat religious beliefs.
About the only major faith we don't see much of in your works is Zoroastrianism. Not a surprise, since there are not that many Zoroastrians left.
Ad astra! Sean
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