Second, there will be extremely HUGE PLOT SPOILERS ahead. First, just because I analyze a book like this does not mean that I think that everything in it is theologically sound by any means (and believe me, it is not). Before diving in I need to make to things clear. Robert Sawyer’s Calculating God utilizes science fiction in an extremely thought-provoking way to discuss the possibility and meaning of God in our universe. Often, science fiction will touch upon theological issues. The speculative future can be used as a foil through which the reader views reality in a new way. For in science fiction, the author is most frequently presenting a view of the world as it should be or as it should not be. In any writing, an author’s viewpoint will show through, but I think that it is particularly true in sci-fi. The interplay between worldviews and science fiction is very strong.
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