#scifi has problems but Silence and Starsong wants to be part of the solution.
C.S.Lewis wrote that there was one #scifi “sub-species in which alone I myself am greatly interested” found in “American magazines bear[ing] the significant title Fantasy and Science Fiction.” (1/4)
C.S.Lewis wrote that there was one #scifi “sub-species in which alone I myself am greatly interested” found in “American magazines bear[ing] the significant title Fantasy and Science Fiction.” (1/4)
In those pages readers will find “not only stories about space-travel but stories about gods, ghosts, ghouls, demons, fairies, monsters, etc.”
Eschewing “hard science fiction,” Lewis wrote that he was “inclined to think that frankly supernatural methods are best.” (2/4)
Eschewing “hard science fiction,” Lewis wrote that he was “inclined to think that frankly supernatural methods are best.” (2/4)
“Nor need the strange worlds, when we get there, be at all strictly tied to scientific probabilities. It is their wonder, or beauty, or suggestiveness that matter.” (3/4)
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Thus our goal for Silence and Starsong: inspiring wonder and awe through stories of high strangeness and other modern fairy-tales for grown-ups. We’re not out to be mere C.S. Lewis fan-fiction, but we certainly hope he would find himself “greatly interested” in our stories. (4/4)
Read the rest of Lewis’ essay here catholicculture.org/culture/librar…
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