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end of narnia

To make theology entertaining. The seven books for children which comprises the Chronicles of Narnia, published between 1950-1956 was a high accomplishment. As “space” was the medium of his trilogy, another common science fiction element, “dimension” is that of the … Continue reading

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bowing your head at the Name

If its not bent it’s broken. And if it’s not broken don’t fix it… In this sweeping theological fantasy, man is both reduced and exalted. Reduced in the naked depiction of his self-wrought condition, exalted through the mystery of the … Continue reading

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from strength to strength

C.S. Lewis. The Christian spaceman who put theology into outer space and planetary adventure… The third novel in C.S. Lewis’s space trilogy series , That Hideous Strength, is a buyoant satire on the overweening pretensions of technology and the social … Continue reading

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onward christian spacemen: the turning of the screwtape

C.S. Lewis was an English man of letters who made theology a form of entertainment in The Screwtape Letters, then with his space trilogy theology went astral… The overwhelming distances of astronomy, which leaves the human helpless in the presence … Continue reading

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as though paradise had never been lost

Christian theology projected beyond earth and man, a theology of the universe at the dawn of the space age was what C.S. Lewis was tapping into. ” as though Paradise had never been lost and earliest dreams were true, the … Continue reading

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silent planets: the hack paints back

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes, Maplewood, N.J.) Out of the Silent Planet Avon, 1956 Illustration: Everett Raymond Kinstler (b. 1926) Part one of the “Space Trilogy” of stories—also referred to in literary descriptions as the Cosmic Trilogy … Continue reading

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out of the precious ghetto

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design , Maplewood, N.J.) Shellbreak Paperback Library, 1970 Illustration: Jack Gaughan (1930-1985) Gaughan was a remarkable stylist, whose work could have the simplicity and dynamism of a painted comic book cover (lacking … Continue reading

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