Category Archives: Genre

Young Muslims find meaning and inspiration in science fiction novels

Young Muslims find meaning and inspiration in science fiction novels Young Muslim writers find they can connect with their religion, culture and the broader Muslim community by writing science fiction novels. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/28/young-muslims-find-meaning-and-inspiration-science-fiction-novels/2413653002/

Five Classic SF Novels of Anthropogenic Climate Change

Five Classic SF Novels of Anthropogenic Climate Change Climate-focused science fiction is not a recent development. Even if we were to reject all the works in which climate change is an unexpected benefit of thermonuclear war , or where the climate cha… https://www.tor.com/2018/12/19/five-classic-sf-novels-of-anthropogenic-climate-change/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D

Religion and Rocketry: How German Theology and Russian Mysticism Shape Our View of Outer Space

Religion and Rocketry: How German Theology and Russian Mysticism Shape Our View of Outer Space While researching the history of the space program for a previous article, I ran across the phrase “Godspeed.” Uttered spontaneously by Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter in the early days of NASA, … https://www.tor.com/2018/11/27/religion-and-rocketry-how-german-theology-and-russian-mysticism-shape-our-view-of-outer-space/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D