by Drew Ellenwood | Aug 2, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fantasy & Theology
Fantasy and science fiction fans are accustomed to extraordinary beings. We expect such things. Star Trek introduced an alien race of blue bipeds. Farscape one upped them with a sentient species of blue plants. How’s that for fantastic? Creatures with tentacles,...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 10, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Let’s talk about fantasy worlds from various sources. I’m going to start, of course, with C.S. Lewis’s Narnia, a world simple enough for children and complex enough for adults. Magic Magic infuses Narnia from the beginning when Aslan sang it into being. But for the...
by Drew Ellenwood | Sep 14, 2013 | Fantasy & Theology
I was watching a movie a while back and the hero of the story ended up attending a forum between a Christian theologian and an atheist. Yeah, it was about as fun as it sounds. The hero by mid-movie was confused as to what to believe regarding… well, regarding most...
by Drew Ellenwood | Jul 23, 2013 | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fantasy & Theology
I wonder about the question of universal redemption from evil. It’s the question that started me writing my science fantasy Curious Origins of a Restless World. Here’s my thoughts on the purely theoretical question of fantasy theology… Or is it theoretical?...
