Here is an interesting site which identifies "Christian-friendly" Fantasy and Science Fiction.
http://www.spectacle.org/396/scifi/pavlac2.html
http://www.spectacle.org/396/scifi/pavlac2.html
Soyarma said:That's a pretty good list. I've read a good portion of those, going to have to look into some of the others. Authors I can't go without mentioning are:
Terry Brooks - Anything in his 'Knight of the Word' Series: Running With the Demon, A Knight of the Word, Angel Fire East. He seems to have taken a much more spiritual turn with his later works, most of the make mention of the battle between the Word and the Void.
Karen Hancock - Arena (Great SF story), and her Legends of the Guardian-King series: The Light of Edion, The Shadow Within, The Shadow over Kiriath.
Stephen R. Lawhead - Anything of his. He's like the Paul of SF, F and Historical Fiction. If he wrote it, its in. Some of his notable series are: The Dragon King Saga, Empryion Series, The Pendragon Cycle (#1 Arthurian Legend), The Celtic Crusades and several other books following historical individuals. He's also the world's leading authority on Celtic Mythology so his celtic stories are very acurate.
J.R.R. Tolkien - Could a list mention C.S. Lewis and not mention Tolkien? The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and The Silmarillion are all must reads (though many people find the Silmrillion to be a must hate).
Soyarma said:Stephen R. Lawhead - Anything of his. He's like the Paul of SF, F and Historical Fiction. If he wrote it, its in. Some of his notable series are: The Dragon King Saga, Empryion Series, The Pendragon Cycle (#1 Arthurian Legend), The Celtic Crusades and several other books following historical individuals. He's also the world's leading authority on Celtic Mythology so his celtic stories are very acurate.
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Ditto on Lawhead, I've read most of his work. Song of Albion...WOW. Latest one was Avalon-The Return of King Arthur. Hope he'll continue this story. I didn't know he was the world's foremost on celtic stuff, either! And his take on Druidism and Christianity is really thought-provoking.
I want to add Kathy Tyers to this list. Her Firebird series is excellent and very, very original in my opinion. She wrote some Star Trek books and her latest is...oh man. I forgot the title! It's about terraforming other worlds and has alot of biology in it, which I like.
Also, Carol Berg's books aren't "Christian" but excellent and clean.
Kathyrn Mackel's Outrider is up there - hope she gets the next one out soon!