"I often seek theological insights in reading science fiction because this is a genre eminently suited to explorations of the nature of the Creator and creation."--Madeleine L'Engle
The genre has a great appeal to the dreamer in all of us, when it's at its best. Of course, to really experience Sci Fi, you have to go read it and see it for yourself, so I put together a little list of a few of my favorite sci-fi stories:
BOOKS
Some Great Sci-Fi:
A Wrinkle in Time--Madeliene L'Engle
Dune --Frank Herbert
Starship Troopers (no, not the movie, thank you very much!)
The Foundation Trilogy--Isaac Asimov
On a Pale Horse--Piers Anthony
Time Wars (short story collection)
The Death Gate Cycle--Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickmann
Ender's Game--Orson Scott Card
Childhood's End--Arthur C. Clarke
Jaran--Kate Elliott
Some Great Fantasy (for the avid readers out there):
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
The Hobbit--JRR Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien
The Silmarillion-JRR Tolkien
Knight of the Word Series--Terry Brooks
MOVIES
The Star Wars Trilogy (no list is complete without it....)
Contact
The Matrix (of course!)
X-Men
Men in Black
Galaxy Quest
Waterworld
Wing Commander (it's not a great film, but it's not bad, either)
