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Religious Science Fiction

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1

Out of the Silent Planet

12,537 members

186 reviews

3.8

8 Members: jillmwo, ojchase, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange,ManWithAnAgenda

2

That Hideous Strength

9,383 members

102 reviews

3.8

8 Members: jillmwo, ojchase, aulsmith, ncgraham, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Christian

3

by Mary Doria Russell

8,525 members

437 reviews

4.1

7 Members: timspalding, jillmwo, KimarieBee, calm, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, Tasula

4

by Frank Herbert

50,675 members

806 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: jillmwo, paradoxosalpha, aulsmith, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie,Andrew_Orange
Explanations: aulsmith: New religious movement

5

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

48,375 members

1,236 reviews

4.1

7 Members: calm, souloftherose, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, Tasula, ManWithAnAgenda,Andrew_Orange

6

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller

13,246 members

343 reviews

3.9

6 Members: timspalding, jillmwo, calm, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda

7

10,221 members

118 reviews

3.8

8 Members: timspalding, jillmwo, ojchase, ncgraham, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Christian. I found it preachy, even when I agreed with it.

8

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

12,139 members

181 reviews

3.8

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, aulsmith, calm, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda,Andrew_Orange
Explanations: aulsmith: New religious movement

9

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

11,547 members

318 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Roger Zelazny

5,715 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Buddhism, Hinduism

11

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

4,881 members

126 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: Dilara86: New religious movement

12

The Years of Rice and Salt

by Kim Stanley Robinson

3,778 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Buddhist

13

Children of God

by Mary Doria Russell

3,262 members

136 reviews

4

3 Members: jillmwo, KimarieBee, calm

14

A Case of Conscience

2,053 members

61 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: timspalding, jillmwo, paradoxosalpha

15

by Michael Flynn

1,209 members

74 reviews

3.8

3 Members: jillmwo, aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explanations: aulsmith: Roman Catholic

16

by Kurt Vonnegut

24,885 members

347 reviews

4.1

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963

17

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

17,336 members

241 reviews

4

3 Members: timspalding, merrystar, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

18

13,812 members

307 reviews

4.2

2 Members: KimarieBee, souloftherose

19

by Neal Stephenson

9,199 members

316 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness

20

Stories of Your Life and Others

6,462 members

273 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by John Wyndham

5,352 members

142 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

22

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

by Philip K. Dick

4,886 members

76 reviews

3.9

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, aulsmith

23

The Space Trilogy

3,326 members

23 reviews

4

3 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange,ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Tom Perrotta

2,516 members

189 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: Her_Royal_Orangeness: "End of the world" based on the Biblical idea of the rapture

25

Alif the Unseen

by G. Willow Wilson

1,924 members

117 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness

26

by Keith Roberts

1,535 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness

27

by Sarah Zettel

492 members

16 reviews

4

2 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness

28

Other Worlds, Other Gods

126 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: hipdeep, paradoxosalpha

29

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,901 members

456 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: It's not a super heavy focus, but still some time is dedicated to exploring a fictional, in-world religion

30

10,387 members

150 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

31

The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness

7,622 members

428 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

32

by Philip K. Dick

4,985 members

82 reviews

3.9

Member: paradoxosalpha

33

Roadside Picnic

by Arkady Strugatsky

4,726 members

165 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

Job: A Comedy of Justice

by Robert A. Heinlein

4,566 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: paradoxosalpha

35

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

4,352 members

394 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

36

by Robert Charles Wilson

4,220 members

175 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

37

by Sheri S. Tepper

2,591 members

57 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

38

The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

2,470 members

142 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

39

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,304 members

61 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

40

by Hillary Jordan

1,780 members

181 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

41

A Voyage to Arcturus

by David Lindsay

1,494 members

40 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: paradoxosalpha

42

The Left Hand of God

by Paul Hoffman

1,461 members

70 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

43

Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta

by Doris Lessing

1,460 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Dilara86

44

by Marge Piercy

1,394 members

28 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

45

by Kameron Hurley

1,056 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

46

Litany of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun

993 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: paradoxosalpha

47

Raising the Stones

by Sheri S. Tepper

947 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

48

Only Begotten Daughter

by James Morrow

917 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: paradoxosalpha

49

by Sheri S. Tepper

861 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

50

by Sheri S. Tepper

779 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

51

by Paul McAuley

652 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

52

Wrapt in Crystal

by Sharon Shinn

533 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

53

Bible Stories for Adults

by James Morrow

472 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: paradoxosalpha

54

A Gift Upon the Shore

462 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

55

459 members

47 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

56

The Road to Corlay

by Richard Cowper

400 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

57

When the English Fall

by David Williams

399 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

58

by Maureen F. McHugh

338 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

59

The Obsidian Blade

by Pete Hautman

322 members

27 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

60

by Sigrid Nunez

291 members

37 reviews

3.2

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

61

How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky

by Lydia Netzer

264 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

62

by Piers Anthony

249 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: calm

63

by Marianne de Pierres

230 members

6 reviews

3.1

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

64

The Afterlives: A Novel

by Thomas Pierce

180 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Holy Machine

by Chris Beckett

175 members

7 reviews

3.2

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

66

The Star {short story}

by Arthur C. Clarke

88 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Christian (negative)

67

The Infinite Future

82 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Nine Billion Names of God {story}

by Arthur C. Clarke

24 members

1 review

4.1

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Buddhist

69

The Interchange

by Andrew Orange

9 members

7 reviews

2.9

Member: Andrew_Orange

70

The Outside Intervention

by Andrew Orange

2 members

Member: Andrew_Orange

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