tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129504587589508868.post-68853002339537890152008-02-05T23:55:00.000-04:002008-02-05T23:55:00.000-04:00@ anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the suggestions. Your point about the "culture" of literature (is zeitgeist the right word here?) is well-taken. (Ah, Del Rey: haven't read anything by him in <EM>ages</EM>, but I still remember <EM>Marooned on Mars</EM> as one of the first science fiction books I ever read -- I can still see the ratty old faded cover. I probably don't dare re-read it as an adult, since it's only bound to disappoint me...)<BR/><BR/>I think - and I tried to make this point earlier - that the idea that science and religion <EM>can't</EM> mix is really eyebrow-raising. To put it politely :-) Science and <EM>some-specific-religion</EM> perhaps can't mix. Or perhaps science and religion <EM>won't</EM> mix.<BR/><BR/>Even if I concede your point, I still think there ought to be plenty of interesting science fiction set in the time of the conflict of religion and science. So science "wins" and in time humanity is essentially a-religious? Well... how did that conflict play out? I think that could make for some really interesting novels.Mister Trollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199391221220679385noreply@blogger.com