How Nichelle Nichols Made Uhura the Life of the Party
Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura was a generous person, a hospitable person, one who extended the hand of fellowship to those around her.
“Paul Atreides Must Die”: Dune as Bildungsroman
Immaturity and innocence must die, Dune says, for children to become adults.
Book(s) of Strange New Things: How Missionary-in-Space Novels Invite Us to Reckon with Catastrophe and Faith
The Book of Strange New Things invites us to reckon with the reality of our shifting, ever-uncertain faith.
Seeing and Believing 282 | Chad Hartigan’s Little Fish + Interview with Becoming Alien‘s Sarah Welch-Larson
Wade & Kevin review Chad Hartigan’s “Little Things” about a memory killing disease. Sarah Welch-Larson also talks about her book about “Alien”
Returning to the Darkness: Following David Lindsay on A Voyage to Arcturus, 100 Years Later
David Lindsay sought after truth, and he believed the way to truth passed through pain, denial, and sacrifice.
Telling Stories of Strange Worlds: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin describes what should be familiar to Christians but is too often strange: the significance and worth of the individual human soul.
The Last Days of Brand New
Science Fiction is an album about the end: of relationships, of life, of Brand New.
Westworld and the Very Human Experience of Suffering
Does our suffering make us human? The show Westworld tries to answer the question.
Doctor Strange Helped Me Survive Election Night
The new movie Doctor Strange reminds us that there are forces at work that we cannot see.
The Longest Distance Relationship: Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things
Michel Faber’s science fiction novel, The Book of Strange New Things, dramatizes profound gulf between its characters and between God and humanity.
Forbidden Planet Is Still Relevant & Thought-Provoking 60 Years Later
Forbidden Planet delivered a solemn warning about humanity’s interactions with technology, a warning that’s no less relevant to 21st century audiences.
Michael D. O’Brien’s ‘Voyage to Alpha Centauri’: A Trip Worth Taking?
If O’Brien used his visual instincts to lavish greater imagery upon his subject matter, his writing could live up to the praise it has received in conservative circles.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unlikely Apologist
Kurt Vonnegut possesses an honesty that, despite his inability to submit personally to the gospel message, brilliantly proclaims its truth.
Science Fiction’s Dark Star: Alfred Bester at 100
Alfred Bester demolished the conventions of his genre, but in the process, his writing reached for the stars.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 2: Genre Roots
Doctor Who stories aren’t that original. Some are even blatant rip-offs. How does that affect the show’s stories?
Defeating Gnostic Forces In Fantasy Fiction
“Star Wars” and “Firebird” space-opera author Kathy Tyers shares how God rebooted her own theological and imaginative universes.
