Here you will find all the non-fiction articles published by SPJ, including articles and reviews about works of science fiction, developments in science, and their philosophical implications.
As a Christian writer of SF and fantasy, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about what makes most works of “Christian F and SF” so bad. It’s no news to anyone that most of what is called “Christian” art is very subpar by the standards of professional artists. Christian bands do not…
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals
“God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent — it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind
Commander Zuniga’s mouth hung open. “I’m sorry, could you repeat that?” “We do not believe in humans. It is an
In my last article about the Doctor Who universe, I asked the question “What is the point of Time Travel in an Eternalist universe where nothing can be changed because everything has already happened?” I wanted to briefly discuss one possible answer. I mentioned in that article that the only way the Weeping Angels could…
If I were to say to you that the extinction of feudalism led to the pandemic of the Bubonic Plague,
One of the most iconic episodes in the recent Doctor Who reboot is season 3’s “Blink.” In this episode, the
Time is one element that exists in every story we read, watch, or hear. It is so ubiquitous that we
I’ve been a follower of Christ and a science-fiction and fantasy writer for roughly the same amount of time, although I hope I’ve been a better Christian than I have been a writer (after all, I still haven’t sold a whole book!). Religion is one of the hardest things to portray when creating a science-fiction…
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals
“God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent — it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind
Commander Zuniga’s mouth hung open. “I’m sorry, could you repeat that?” “We do not believe in humans. It is an
Like the films which are its inspiration, Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am is not a book for the fainthearted. It may be
Released in 1979, Ridley Scott’s Alien combined H.R. Giger’s disturbing aesthetics with a tremendous cast, most of whom
One of the most iconic episodes in the recent Doctor Who reboot is season 3’s “Blink.” In this episode, the Doctor and his companion, Martha, are the supporting characters, trying to assist one-off character Sally Sparrow, even though they are trapped 38 years in Sally’s past. The complicating factor here is the Weeping Angels, a…
If I were to say to you that the extinction of feudalism led to the pandemic of the Bubonic Plague,
In my last article about the Doctor Who universe, I asked the question “What is the point of Time Travel
Time is one element that exists in every story we read, watch, or hear. It is so ubiquitous that we
Other worlds are common in fantasy and science-fiction, but they actually have quite a solid basis in physics as well. Here, I’ll talk about “other worlds” as other universes, not just other planets within our own universe, but places that are not directly connected to us in space and time. Think The Golden Compass, Alice…
Time is one element that exists in every story we read, watch, or hear. It is so ubiquitous that we fail to notice its existence, unless the narrative forces us to focus on it. But what about assumptions we make about the nature of Time itself? Assumptions like: Time is linear. We even have a…
If I were to say to you that the extinction of feudalism led to the pandemic of the Bubonic Plague,
In my last article about the Doctor Who universe, I asked the question “What is the point of Time Travel
One of the most iconic episodes in the recent Doctor Who reboot is season 3’s “Blink.” In this episode, the