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I believe that some of you have read some of Stephen R. Lawhead's books. Those of you who know him will know that he is one of the most successful living (or at least recently living) Christian fantasy authors. In all of the books I have read by him, he attempts to portray a Christian society and what it would look like. Some of you will have read Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur, his trilogy about King Arthur and Atlantis. :) In my opinion, the quality of his works really varies - some of them are splendid, among the best, and some of them are pretty weak. The splendid ones - well, they're really worth reading - exciting storyline, good characters, and some really thought-provoking themes.
Well, I just re-read a sci-fi duology I own by him: Empyrion, composed of The Search for Fierra and The Siege of Dome. I remembered it was very good and recommended it to a couple of you. ...It was significantly better than I remembered.
My head is overflowing with thoughts about what a Christian society should be and what role it should play in the world. He packed in a lot. We could have a great discussion on it. And it's a rollicking good yarn, too.
And in his Christian society... there is dancing! ;)
If any of you who are nearby want to read it, you may borrow it.
-Melanie
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By the way, you might be interested in knowing that multiple times, the people in his Christian society say that they are pursuing truth and beauty.
ReplyDelete*gasp* not dancing!!
ReplyDeleteThe Arthur trilogy is not really a trilogy it is a cycle. The remaining two books are: "Pendragon" and "Grail". He also wrote a trilogy "The King Raven Trilogy" about Robin Hood, for those of us archers. Haven't read any of the books in my post, only the first three of the Pendragon Cycle. Anyways, I second this author recommendation!
ReplyDeleteoh...you didn't tell me they were by Stephen Lawhead.
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