tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post114736467331491734..comments2023-06-17T11:11:34.180+01:00Comments on Old Testament Space Opera: Stones it is then.UKStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608166612209106788noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147474695133138082006-05-12T23:58:00.000+01:002006-05-12T23:58:00.000+01:00Thanks!I posted about your alternate Christ idea, ...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I posted about your alternate Christ idea, BTW.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147447670390818062006-05-12T16:27:00.000+01:002006-05-12T16:27:00.000+01:00I guess as good a place to start as any is the fir...I guess as good a place to start as any is the first of the Culture novels, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/1857231384&tag=oldtestamensp-20&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Consider Phlebas</A>, although I think I'd rate <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0553575376&tag=oldtestamensp-20&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Excession</A> as my favourite of the series.<BR/><BR/>Outside of the Culture, I'd recommend <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0553292250&tag=oldtestamensp-20&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Against a Dark Background</A> if you fancy something a little, well, dark.UKStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608166612209106788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147445501827397022006-05-12T15:51:00.000+01:002006-05-12T15:51:00.000+01:00BTW, didn't you mention enjoying Iain M. Banks' bo...BTW, didn't you mention enjoying Iain M. Banks' books at one point? Could you recommend any?Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147445257041216252006-05-12T15:47:00.000+01:002006-05-12T15:47:00.000+01:00Not at all! I'm just a slow thinker sometimes. I d...Not at all! I'm just a slow thinker sometimes. I didn't really connect 'alternate history sci-fi' with your 'alternate life of Christ' idea until this post.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147419673155873332006-05-12T08:41:00.000+01:002006-05-12T08:41:00.000+01:00Nothing like a good cry for attention, is there? :...Nothing like a good cry for attention, is there? :)<BR/><BR/>And as for Elliot being clueless, I guess that may be a reflection on the quality of my ramblings...UKStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608166612209106788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147405019498267452006-05-12T04:36:00.000+01:002006-05-12T04:36:00.000+01:00I'm not offended, I'm just clueless.Come to think ...I'm not offended, I'm just clueless.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, I too read a story once which was set in a non-Christian, non-Jewish alternate future. It was pretty cool now that I think of it. The main characters end up finding a fragment of Jeremiah or some such, and we learn why everything is so unfamiliar in their world - the Jews were never freed from Babylon.<BR/><BR/>That future was fairly dark.<BR/><BR/>I also remember a story where someone learns to talk to people in the past, and somehow contacts Ghengis Khan as a young man, persuading him to convert to Christianity and conquer the Muslim world.<BR/><BR/>And another where a young Mohammed goes to the Byzantine Empire, converts, and conquers Asia for Christianity.<BR/><BR/>Personally I don't think conquerers are doing the cause of Christ much good, but they were interesting story.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147390889948273592006-05-12T00:41:00.000+01:002006-05-12T00:41:00.000+01:00Hey there; I've been following along a bit for the...Hey there; I've been following along a bit for the past month or so and thought I'd de-lurk (especially since I'm writing Christian sff myself). You have some interesting ideas LOL but I'm enjoying most posts anyway. Or maybe because of?Valerie Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23675574.post-1147386339479062912006-05-11T23:25:00.000+01:002006-05-11T23:25:00.000+01:00I read a quote somewhere once in a very unlikely p...I read a quote somewhere once in a very unlikely place, like a concordance or bible commentary, that flew into an uncharacteristic flight of fancy about Jesus' lament for Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>It said that if He hadn't been rejected by the Jews, then Jerusalem would have been the centre of Christianity, and that the Holy See would be there today.<BR/><BR/>Or something. I've never been able to find the book since.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233238451356532910noreply@blogger.com