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The Transcendent Adventure: Studies of Religion in Science Fiction/Fantasy

Robert Reilly

First published 1985
Publisher Greenwood Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages x+266
ISBN 0313230625

First printing as per full number line. No dj on PV1's copy. And not on PV2's copy, as it was published. No price on book (Locus gave $35.00).

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Introduction (The Transcendent Adventure: Studies of Religion in Science Fiction/Fantasy) Robert Reilly Essay
11 Religious Imagination and Imagined Religion Adam J. Frisch & Joseph Martos Essay
27 Mind, Matter, and Magic in Fantasy and Science Fiction Richard L. Purtill Essay
37 Science Fiction's Harrowing of the Heavens William A. Quinn Essay
55 For Suffering Humanity: The Ethics of Science in Science Fiction Alexander J. Butrym Essay
73 The Concept of Eden Andrew J. Burgess Essay
83 Augustinian Evil in C.S. Lewis's Perelandra Katherin A. Rogers Essay
93 Alien Ethics and Religion Versus Fallen Mankind Diane Parkin-Speer Essay
107 Philip K. Dick's Answers to the Eternal Riddles Patricia S. Warrick Essay
127 From Rebellious Rationalist to Mythmaker and Mystic: The Religious Quest of Philip José Farmer Edgar L. Chapman Essay
145 Toward a Structural Metaphysic: Religion in the Novels of Frank Herbert David M. Miller Essay
157 The Evolution of Doris Lessing's Art from a Mystical Moment to Space Fiction Nancy Topping Bazin Essay
169 Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz as a Third Testament Frank David Kievitt Essay
177 Up the Empire State Building: Satan and King Kong in Walter Tevis's Mockingbird Martha A. Bartter Essay
189 Persian Influences in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Elizabeth M. Allen Essay
207 Promethean Bound: Heroes and Gods in Roger Zelazny's Science Fiction Joseph V. Francavilla Essay
225 A Checklist of Science Fiction/Fantasy Works Containing Religious Themes or Motifs Robert Reilly & Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Charles G. Waugh Essay
249 Secondary Works Dealing with Religion in Science Fiction Robert Reilly Essay