Recommendations for Christian fantasy/scifi?

[waterfallbooks]

I'm writing an article on Christian fantasy and science fiction, and need your recommendations for which are the best out there.

Qualifications:

In print
Published by Christian publisher
Not classics (Narnia, Lord of the Rings)
For juvenile, teen, or adult readers

Thanks so much! I need this ASAP as I need to get back to my editor.

Katie

[Gumpngreen]

Stephen Lawhead's Song of Albion, Dream Thief, Empyrion, Song of Albion, Dragon King Saga, and Pendragon Cycle.

John White's Archives of Anthropos.

http://www.spiraloflife.com/main.htm

ICE: http://www.shanejohnsonbooks.com/

My own SciFi stories that I'm working on, The Genesis Illusion Series.

Angel's stories are Fantasy.

There's more but I can't quite remember the titles or the authors' names.

EDIT:

Oops, realized the last two don't quite meet your specifications. :D

[wgjones3]

Not sure the name, but Bethany published a sci-fi book not long ago. You might check on their website. You might also go to http://www.christianbook.com and see if a search for sci-fi turns up anything.

[Mr. Otis]

Two novels in the Eternal Warriors (http://www.eternalwarriors.com/) series by Theodore Beale (published by Pocket, not a Christian publisher):

The War in Heaven
The World in Shadow

Randy Ingermanson, published by Zondervan:

Premonition (2003) Two time-travelers in first-century Jerusalem try to prevent the execution of James, the brother of Jesus.
The Fifth Man (2002) Four astronauts discover life on Mars and are stalked by an intelligent entity. A Christy award finalist.
Oxygen (2001) An explosion on the way to Mars leaves four astronauts with only enough oxygen for one to survive. A Christy award winner.
Transgression (2000) A rogue physicist travels back in time to kill the apostle Paul. A Christy award winner.

And, if I may, two by Sharon K. Gilbert (my beautiful and extremely talented wife), published by Bay Bridge:

Winds of Evil: Book One of the Laodicea Chronicles (2004)
The Armageddon Strain (coming from the printer next week!)

[ChristChild]

The Orianus Creation Series:

Book One: Black Storm Rising
Book Two: When Worlds Rage

The Tayan Chronicles:

Book One: Journey Into the Gateway of Dimensions

All three are published by the Christian publisher, Xulon, and are available online at Amazon, at all the major booksellers, or they can be ordered through any secular or Christian bookstore. Just FYI, both authors are also Creation Scientists and do not support evolution, like books such as Oxygen do. We are also Biblical Christians, who write about Jesus, and do not write about a generic God.

My website for details:

http://www.geocities.com/dsburton_1999/

Thanks,
D. Shane Burton, author of the Orianus Creation Series.

[waterfallbooks]

Thanks for your help. I've emailed the list to my editor.

Katie

[ChristChild]

Thank you, Katie. Any exposure is appreciated.

Shane

[Allie Webster]

Thank Goodness I read this thread. I have a series about the flood that holds a total arternative view to evolution. So if there are publishers who are interested in books that are out of the norm I'd like to know.

Out here in the South Pacific I don't have the opportunity to meet editors and go to special workshops for budding authors.

Help is gratefully appreciated :D

[waterfallbooks]

Moody recently released a novel set before and during the Flood - The Heavens Before by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow. They probably won't want to publish anything similar for a while, though.

[Allie Webster]

Thanks Katie for the information. I'll look up the book. :D

[Mr. Otis]

Allie: Vanuatu? Didn't you have a monster typhoon through there last year?

[Allie Webster]

Actually we had two during our last cyclone season :rolleyes: One was stronger and went through very slowly! It lasted over 48 hours and our yard and secret garden didn't have a leaf left on anything! We however, were safe and cozy inside with Marmite (our cat) and Thompson (Doberman) and of course no electricity.

Out here our homes are mostly block and steel construction to withstand very large earthquakes (so far 7.4 and 7.6 are the biggest we've experienced) and cyclones. Every year we have one or both. Last Wednesday we had a 5.7 earthquake. Thank goodness we have no cyclones this time of year.

When you live on the Rim of Fire you just accept it as an on going occurance. :D

[Mr. Otis]

Ongoing occurrence? No, thanks! I'll take living in Tornado Alley over typhoons and Mag 7 earthquakes. :o

[Merry]

Mr. Otis, I'm diving off the subject here, but you live in St. Louis. You anywhere near University City or Creve Couer? :confused: Okay, my little boy just joined me over my shoulder...he likes emoticons :cool: :) :D That's from him.

[Mr. Otis]

Hi, Merry,

I used to live and work in Creve Coeur, but ten years ago I bought a house in Manchester, which is about ten miles southwest of there. I haven't been up to U City for a while, but I sold a couple of homes there back when I was in real estate. Pretty area, most of it.

[Merry]

Cool! I lived in Creve Couer for about ten years(off and on) myself and I played in U. City Symphonys string section. My brother was one of those crazy people who HAD to try flying his airplane beneath the Arch...this was frowned upon...

[Mr. Otis]

Frowned upon? It might get somebody who tried that today shot down!

I worked out of the Gundaker Realtors' office at Olive & 270 from '92 to '94. Prior to that I was on the air at a couple of radio stations here, polluting the minds of St. Louis teens and young adults.

[Merry]

Yeah, I think it was about a year before my Dad took him out of thumb screws....the Govt. wanted his head and if he hadn't been a 'tender-aged' pilot at the time (he was liscenced and trained at 16) they might have have got it. My Dad worked R&D for McDonell Douglass at the time and there were definitely mixed emotions from his end. He had to come down on bro's' recklessness, but having been an RAF fighter pilot in WWII, you could almost see part of him grinning over the thing.
Happy ending though, after paying back my Dad for the fine he racked up, he went on to become an Air Force Sgt. flying jets, some of which were laid out by his own Dad.

I know right where Olive and 270 happen to be. However, we were there off and on through out the end of the 60's early 70's;lived in Bellerive subdivision.
Small world. :)

[pixydust]

Boy, a lot sure has changed since this thread stared. :)

[Naomi Musch]

Katie,
Two of the best written books I've read, "The Seven Kingdoms Chronicles" published by Word (I'm pretty sure they're still in print) The individual titles are "The Crown of Eden" and "The Devil's Mouth" both by Thomas Williams (who I think is also an editor).
Naomi
www.naomimusch.com
"The Casket Girl"

[pixydust]

Here's my list of Christian Fantasy:

Strictly YA

Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor (Here's a review (http://www.theswordreview.com/columns.php?sub_id=202) I did on this one)
The Welkening by Gregory Spencer (Haven't read this one yet, but it's in my review stack)
The Veritas Project: A Series by Frank Peretti (haven't read any of these yet, but book #1 is also in my stack)
Dragons in our Midst: A Series by Bryan Davis (Great books. My friend did an interview with him for her column. Here's the link (http://theswordreview.com/columns.php?sub_id=190).)
Passages: A Series by Paul McCusker (Adventures in Odyssey)
The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson (waiting for paperback) :)
The Lamb Within the Stars: A Series by Cris Walley

For all ages

Dragonspell and DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul (very good stuff. My Friend did an interview with her too, here (http://www.theswordreview.com/columns.php?sub_id=174))
Giver of Roses by Kathleen Morgan
Legends of the Guardian King: A Series by Karen Hancock (I loved these books. She's a genius at creating a world)
The Circle Trilogy (Black, Red, and White) by Ted Dekker (Most likely one of my all-time faves, ever)
Oxygen by Randy ingermanson and John Olson (actually all of Ingermanson's book are good)
Fallen from Babel by T.L. Higley
Daughter of Prophesy by Miles Owens
The Fall of Lucifer By Wendy Alec
Personified Project by R.E. Bartlet
Firebird Trilogy by Kathy Tyers

And I know there's more, I just can't remeber them all....

Happy reading!

[ChristChild]

Boy, a lot sure has changed since this thread stared. :)

Yes, a lot of time has passed. I have published the third book in my Orianus Creation Series in that time. It is the last book of a three book story arc in theme. It is titled Dark Tyrant's Ascension. Though I have gained little coverage for my POD novels, I thought I would at least mention book three.

My Listmania lists for the Christian sci-fi and fantasy genres:

Sci-Fi ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/21Z3FPUSNP3LS/002-6459919-8484011?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

Fantasy and other (http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/RKBVWP2TMJ4DX/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/002-6459919-8484011)

Shane

[ChristChild]

Katie,
Two of the best written books I've read, "The Seven Kingdoms Chronicles" published by Word (I'm pretty sure they're still in print) The individual titles are "The Crown of Eden" and "The Devil's Mouth" both by Thomas Williams (who I think is also an editor).
Naomi
www.naomimusch.com
"The Casket Girl"

He has another book out called The Bride of Stone. Check it out:

On Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800758617/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-6459919-8484011?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155)

[ProfessorAlan]

I agree with an earlier recommendation of Lawhead and some others, although I'll admit I'm more a fan of Ingermanson's "Snowflake Method" than his actual novels, but . . . my 2 cents worths (some of which have been mentioned already) are:

Kathy Tyers: Firebird Trilogy (pretty girlie) and Shivering World
Karen Hancock: Arena, and the Legends of the Guardian-King series
Joseph Bentz: Song of Fire
Lawhead: any and all
Roger Ellwood: Angel books are good, the rest not so much

[Naomi Musch]

Oh, Shane, yeah, I forgot about The Bride of Stone. I have it and I liked it, but not as much as the other two. Good writer though.
Naomi
www.naomimusch.com
"The Casket Girl"

[silumenye]

How about the Annals of Lystra by Robin Hardy?