06-08-2021, 10:46 AM | #31 |
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06-08-2021, 12:10 PM | #32 |
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Aren't there any American Christian organisations with recommended book lists? You'd think they'd be safe.
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06-08-2021, 12:48 PM | #33 |
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You know, the wizards are always evil in all those Conan stories.
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I am looking for quality (from a Christian perspective or not) that is simply not offensive. Charles Dickens comes to mind, maybe some of his stuff I could read. Hoping though for Sci Fi or Fantasy. Thanks. |
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06-08-2021, 02:15 PM | #36 |
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Absolutely. R. E. Howard also wrote about a witch-hunting pilgrim called Solomon Kane.
It's all very dark and violent, though. |
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I can't remember reading any books with magic which portray it in a bad light, so my recommendations will have to be non-magical.
I thought of a few more: Naomi Novik: Temeraire (a series of eight or ten books or so). Napoleonic war with dragons. The dragons are sentient, but treated as something between slaves and valued servants, so in addition to war drama there's a lot of plot around human rights for dragons Ellen Kushner: The Tremontaine books, starting with Swordspoint. Feels a bit like Three Musketeers - duels and intrigues and politics and love. Um, nope, I checked this, and there's some sex. The sex isn't explicit, though. If you like, you can check this scene and let us know if that's something you're OK with, or if you'd prefer to avoid it. Spoiler:
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I can also recommend the Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons.
Hyperion 1. Hyperion (1989) 2. The Fall of Hyperion (1990) 3. Endymion (1996) 4. The Rise of Endymion (1997) Also, I'll recommend The Princess bride by William Goldman. And another series is His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials 0.5. Once Upon a Time in the North (2008) 0.6. The Collectors (2015) 1. The Golden Compass (1995) 2. The Subtle Knife (1997) 3. The Amber Spyglass (1999) 3.5. Lyra's Oxford (2003) 3.75. Serpentine (2020) Last edited by JSWolf; 06-08-2021 at 04:44 PM. |
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Wow! You're really struggling with meeting the criteria here, aren't you?
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Jon's just trolling at this point.
Small Gods? Yeah, not for this request. His Dark Materials for someone requesting Christian aligned books? Uh huh, right. From what I've seen of the Wayfarers series that's also not a good fit (although I haven't read it.) |
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The Deryni series by Kurtz. They do use magic but it's more like a inherited psychic ability of one race. The spells they use use a lot of Christian symbolism and some of the practitioners are priests.
RiddleMaster of Hed by Patricia McKillip. Sort of magic but not spells or witchcraft. Hero and the Crown By Robin Mckinley Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon A wrinkle in time by Madelaine L'Engle James White Hospital Station books. Any by James Schmitz Crystal Singer and The Ship Who Sang by McCaffrey. |
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As for Wayfarers, I've read the first two books and it does fit. No sex, no magic, good characters. His Dark Materials is a stretch, but I think overall it can fit. Besides, Narnia was mentioned and it's not a good fit. |
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Another one to mention is the Wizard of Earthsea series by Ursala Le Guin. I've not read all of it but the first book was 'clean'.
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As to whoever said Ann Leckie above, I would think she would fit the bill quite nicely. No magic or sex there, but a really fun space trilogy. |
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John Scalzi: anything (yes, I'm a fan) - minimal sex, no magic, possibly swearies?
Daniel Abraham: Dagger and the Coin series - minimal sex, some magic but only by the baddies so that's ok then. James SA Corey: The Expanse series - no magic, didn't notice much sex. Jack Campbell: The Lost Fleet series - squeaky clean military sci-fi, good fun but be prepared to skim through a LOT of meticulously detailed space battles! Last edited by fathead; 06-09-2021 at 07:59 AM. |
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