Religion in science fiction: the evolution of an idea & the extinction of a genre
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2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Scientific studies of religion : inquiry and explanation
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| adam_text | Religion in Science Fiction
The Evolution of an Idea and
the Extinction of a Genre
Steven Hrotic
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON • NEWDELHI • NEWYORK • SYDNEY
I
Contents
Introduction 1
Part One
1 The Rules 7
Defining religion 11
A cognitive anthropology of narratives 14
Defining genre science fiction 17
2 The Raw Materials of Science Fiction 25
Poe: Another mother? 26
Science fiction on a desert island 27
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U- and dys-topias 31
Conclusion 40
3 Uncertain Paternity 43
The fatherhood of Mary Shelley 43
H G Wells social speculations 45
Olaf Stapledon: The last Victorian 49
Conclusion 53
Part Two
4 Gernsback and the Pulps 57
Walter Kateley, The Fourteenth Earth (1928) 59
Fred Barclay, The Troglodytes (1930) 60
Arthur Jones, The Inquisition of 6061 (1933) 62
Conclusion 64
5 Campbell s Social Science Fiction 67
Isaac Asimov, Trends (1939) 69
Robert Heinlein, If This Goes On— (1940) 71
L Sprague de Camp, Ultrasonic God (1954) 75
Lester del Rey, Into Thy Hands (1945) 76
Conclusion 79
viii Contents
6 The Rise of the Novel 81
Arthur C Clarke, Childhood s End (1953) 85
Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) 88
Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow (1955) 90
George Stewart, Earth Abides (1949) 93
James Blish, A Case of Conscience (1958) 96
Conclusion 100
7 Poli-Sci-Fi 103
Fritz Leiber, When the Change-Winds Blow (1964) 105
Roger Zelazny, A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963) 105
Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) 108
Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) 112
Conclusion 117
End of Part Two: Mid-point of the metanarrative 118
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Part Three
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8 The Need to Believe 123
Ray Bradbury, The Messiah (1973) 124
Lawrence Manning, The Man Who Awoke (1975) 127
Michael Moorcock, Behold the Man (1966) 130
Jack L Chalker, Midnight at the Well of Souls (1977) 133
Conclusion 135
9 The Humanity of God (and Vice Versa) 137
Piers Anthony, Incarnations of Immortality (1983-1990) 140
James Morrow, Only Begotten Daughter (1990) 142
Theodore Sturgeon, Godbody (1986) 145
Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead (1986), Folk of the Fringe (1989) 147
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, The Difference Engine (1990) 152
Conclusion 154
10 Acceptence 155
David Weber, Honor of the Queen (1993) 157
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower (1993) 159
Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow (1996) 162
Conclusion 165
End of Part Three: Conclusion of the metanarrative 168
Contents ix
Part Four
11 The Extinction of SF (or, at least, gSF) 173
Conclusion 183
12 Cultural Evolution 185
The social use of narratives 186
Memory 190
Humor 192
Whitehouse s Modes 194
Conclusion 198
Notes
References
Index
Religion in Science Fiction investigates the history of the representations of
religion in science fiction literature. Space travel, futuristic societies, and non-
human cultures are traditional themes in science fiction. Speculating on the
societal impacts of as-yet-undi$covered technologies is, after all, one of the
distinguishing characteristics of science fiction literature. A more surprising
theme may be a parallel exploration of religion: its institutional nature, social
functions, and the tensions between religious and scientific worldviews.
Steven Hrotic investigates the representations of religion in 19th century proto-science
fiction, and genre science fiction from the 1920s through the end of the century. Taken
together, he argues that these stories tell an overarching story - a metanarrative - of
an evolving respect for religion, paralleling a decline in the belief that science will lead us
to an ideal (and religion-free) future.
Science fiction s metanarrative represents more than simply a shift in popular perceptions
of religion: it also serves as a model for cognitive anthropology, providing new insights
into how groups and identities form in a globalized world, and into how crucial a role
narratives may play. Ironically, this same perspective suggests that science fiction, as it
was in the 20th century, may no longer exist.
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