Stephen R. Lawhead writes Arthurian/Celtic-flavored Christian fantasy.
Gene Wolfe's work isn't overtly Christian, but stuff like the Book of the New Sun and Book of the Long Sun definitely contain some Christian themes.
Edit to add: Frank Herbert's Dune series isn't at all Christian, but is well worth reading for the great commentary on the sociopolitical aspects of religion.
Last edited by gnombient; 21st July 2009 at 04:04 PM.
Lawhead is OK and definitely Christian as posted by gnombient. Your local Christian bookshop will have a limited selection of his stuff and probably others which you can browse.
I personally rate David Gemmell as one of the best. It is fairly bloodthirsty but there are definite themes there which are very powerful and very close to Christian. I don't think he was a Christian but I hope he was as he died recently.
If you just want fantasy without too much magic then Anne McCaffery's early books (e.g. the Dragon series) were excellent and fairly safe.
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I know Orson Scott Card & CS Lewis anyone know any other good christian/religious writer of sci-fi/fantasy ?
Dante Milton and Bunyan count as fantasy too and they sure are good.
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I've read several stories from Arthur C Clarke that would seem to suggest he was religious or at one time religious. Not sure on that tho.
(I remember childhood's end having lots of biblical endtimes imagery albeit with a few twists here and there)
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Well depends how religious you are lookin for... the author of Black Red and White is very religious...
simon r green is religious... though you should be careful in some of his newer books he has started bringin up some stuff that might offend people... he has a few characters who are gay in some newer stuff... and on a rare occassion a cuss word here and there... but reading his older stuff its much more religious backed... Try reading, 'Drinking Midnight Wine', 'Shadows Falls', and 'Blue Moon Rising'
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