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Religious Science Fiction Books

Original List by Crowd: Religious Science Fiction Books

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A theme in science fiction just as much as it might be treated as a specialized subgenre (think Christian SF). Religion as a power force on mandkind h... more

Criteria: science fiction where religion plays a key part of the story, the setting, or the characters. Religious science fiction doesn't just feature religion in it, but the religion often drives the vehicle of the plot and story

Reference: http://bestsciencefictionbooks.com/religious-science-fiction.php

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Crowd's list (44 items) - original
#1 pick: A Canticle For Leibowitz
Crowd's list (44 items) - master
#1 pick: A Canticle For Leibowitz

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A Canticle For Leibowitz

A "religious" science fiction work that's transcended the...

Walter M. Miller Jr.

Awards Won:1961 HUGO

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19

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Awards Won:1965 NEBULA, 1966 HUGO

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17

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Mary Doria Russell

Awards Won:1997 BSFA, 1998 CLARKE

Award Nominations:1997 CAMPBELL

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14

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Childhood's End

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Stranger In A Strange Land

Heinlein's musings on the whole messianic theme...

Robert A. Heinlein

Awards Won:1962 HUGO

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13

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Awards Won:1990 HUGO, 1990 LocusSF

Award Nominations:1990 BSFA, 1992 CLARKE

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13

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Out Of The Silent Planet

C.S. Lewis's science fiction version of "chronicles of Nar...

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10

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Awards Won:1968 HUGO

Award Nominations:1967 NEBULA

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Michael Moorcock

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Book Of The Long Sun

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A Case Of Conscience

Awards Won:1959 HUGO

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10

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Nine Billion Names Of God

Arthur C. Clarke

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10

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sequel to Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion Books. Religion is o...

Award Nominations:1997 LocusSF

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Years Of Rice And Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Neal Stephenson

Awards Won:2009 LocusSF

Award Nominations:2008 BSFA, 2009 HUGO, 2009 CAMPBELL, 2009 CLARKE

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Parable Of The Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Award Nominations:1994 NEBULA, 1995 LocusSF

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Awards Won:1992 NEBULA, 1993 HUGO, 1993 LocusSF

Award Nominations:1993 BSFA, 1993 CLARKE

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Calculating God

Robert J. Sawyer

Award Nominations:2001 HUGO, 2001 CAMPBELL

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Award Nominations:1976 NEBULA, 1976 HUGO

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Job A Comedy Of Justice

Robert A. Heinlein

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The Divine Invasion

Award Nominations:1982 BSFA

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Gather Darkness

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Too Like The Lightning

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Clifford D. Simak

Award Nominations:1982 HUGO, 1982 LocusSF

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Destroyer Of Worlds

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The Android's Dream

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Forbidden Sanctuary

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Cynthia Miller Lovell

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The Omega Point Trilogy

George Zebrowski

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A Romance Of Two Worlds

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Andrew M. Greeley

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The Way Of Cross And Dragon

George R.R. Martin

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The Book Of Skulls

Award Nominations:1972 NEBULA, 1973 HUGO, 1973 LocusSF

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The Fifth Sacred Thing

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The Streets Of Ashkelon

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A straight out extrapolation of the world's "end time even...

Jerry B. Jenkins

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Battlefield Earth

THE science fiction BOOK that founded the basis of the entir...

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By: Anonymous

2014-11-26 03:35:09

I understand that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, if you do not rank Dune, Hyperion, and Childhood's End, in that order as the best of the best you need to keep reading. They stand head and shoulders above the rest on this list. Behold The Man, A Year of Rice and Salt, seriously. Kim Stanley Robinson is a preachy, smug, and boring writer. I ask anyone to read all three of his Mars trilogy and then, be honest, NOT be glad when its over. Micheal Moorcock's book is a good entry, but when compared to my top three, it pales in comparison.

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