The Classics
G. K. Chesterton I've not read this, but a site guest says it's "super-bizarre spec fiction by a wonderful Christian author of past generations."The Man Who Was Thursday Madeleine L'Engle The Granddame of Christian speculative fiction.A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters C. S. Lewis Here's another guy who needs no introduction. Most people know of Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, but not everyone knows of his Space Trilogy. It's heady stuff, completely speculative and utterly Christian. And the last two are classics, especially Screwtape. It's a must-read.The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian The Magician's Nephew The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" The Silver Chair The Last Battle Out of the Silent Planet Perelandra That Hideous Strength The Screwtape Letters The Great Divorce George MacDonald MacDonald is considered by many to be the first Christian speculative novelist of the "modern" (19th century) period. Writers like Tolkien and Lewis were no doubt influenced by his writings.Phantastes Lilith J. R. R. Tolkein Like I have to introduce Tolkien, the man who basically invented the modern fantasy genre. Tolkien's Catholic faith certainly informed his speculative fiction, but I do not believe he had any direct allegorical purpose in mind when he wrote of Middle-Earth. Tolkien's trilogy pretty much singlehandedly made me decide to become a novelist. There are powers at work in his fiction that resonate on a level far deeper than allegory. This is the stuff of myth and human archetype. Note that this is not a complete listing of Tolkien's works, and it is certainly not a complete listing of all the editions of his works, or books about his works. Just have fun browsing!The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers The Return of the King The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The War of the Ring The Book of Lost Tales 1 The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two The Return of the Shadow Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham The Children of Hurin Charles Williams One of the Inklings, with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.War in Heaven, A Novel All Hallow's Eve Place of the Lion Descent Into Hell, a Novel |
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