At 09:52 PM 1/2/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Jim Sharkey wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 14:43:42 -0500, JDG wrote:
> >
> > >Right..... and I'll admit that one of the things I find most
> > >frustrating about sci-fi is how often modern-day religions just drop
> > >off the face of the Earth. I mean, Christianity has been around
> > >for 2,000 years, yet in so much sci-fi it seems to disappear in the
> > >next 500.
> >
>
>It might be worth mentioning that religion in general and Catholicism in
>particular figured prominently in Dan Simmons' SF; Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion,
>Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. I enjoyed them all, but Hyperion was
>probably the best.
>
>Speaking of Simmons, has anyone read The Crook Factory or his new one,
>Darwin's Blade?
>
>Doug
Roman Catholicism is also a prominent partner in Miller's A Canticle for
Leibowitz.
later
john
