“We need more science fiction,” writes Paul Chiariello for The NewHumanism.org in a post called Science Fiction vs. The Bible. As a Christian author who happens to be a rabid sci-fi fan, I couldn’t agree more with that statement. At face value anyway. I could not disagree more with his insistence that this necessarily requires an abandonment [...]
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Fighting the Future – Prophecy in a Sci-Fi Universe
Posted: August 8, 2011 in Johnny Came Home, The Writing Process, UncategorizedTags: Apologetic Fiction, Christian Fiction, Comic, Creationism, Johnny Came Home, Rev Tony Breeden, Science Fiction, Superhero
In Johnny Came Home, I explore the concept of super heroes [and villains] from a Biblical Creationist point of view. In that soon-to-be-published novel, John Lazarus must fight for the future of Midwich and possibly the world as we know it. The premise of the book is that the generally unrealized pre-Flood potential of humanity [...]
Faith-based Sci-Fi as Exploratory Apologetic (via DefendingGenesis.org)
Posted: June 7, 2010 in UncategorizedThis is the self-authored essay that caused me to seriously think about writing something like Johnny Came Home. One of the things I do when I'm not being Sirius is writing on my novel, sci-fi tale with fantasy overtones. The subject or plot of said novel is unimportant to this discussion. Now by all accounts [...]
The Need For A New Kind of Superhero
Posted: June 5, 2010 in Johnny Came Home, UncategorizedTags: Christian Fiction, Comic, Creationism, Evolution, Hank Hannegraf, Johnny Came Home, Rev Tony Breeden, Superhero
The question I explore in Johnny Came Home is whether a superhero novel can be done from the Biblical Creationist POV instead of the evolutionary assumption.
