Generally, I take speculative fiction to be a poor place to learn about the real world. In other words, I have misgivings about the cognitive value of speculative fiction. There are so many excellent and accessible nonfiction books, YouTube videos, … Read the rest
Month: November 2021
A Helpful Portrayal of Religion in SF: Ursula Le Guin’s The Telling
I’ve discussed portrayals of religion I think are best avoided in speculative fiction, but how can we understand what makes a of portrayal of religion in speculative fiction helpful? One place to start is Ursula K. Le Guin’s 2000 novel … Read the rest
Unhelpful Portrayals of Religion
I’m editing an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories about religion called Strange Religion, planned to be out in April. So I’m writing a series of blog posts that I’m going to use to write the introduction for … Read the rest