[LMB] (chat) series and titles

[Johne Cook]

--- paal at gis.net wrote:
> > The Sharing Knife, Vol. 3: GRACE RIVER
> 
> Grace River?
> 
> I have a -really- bad reacton to that as a
> title--there are two
> different chains to me disliking, conflating:
> 
> 1.  What do you get when you combine Grace Allen and
> Joan Rivers? 
> Answer, Grace River(s).

One dead woman and one embalmed woman?  ;)
 
> 2.  "Grace" as a Christian explicitly religous
> concept and all it
> denotes and connotes.

Grace is such a rich word that relegating it merely to
Christian theology is an injustice.  (And that coming
from a Christ-follower!)  If it is a central tenet of
Christianity, does that mean that it does not exist
for any other faith?  Grace, like love, is larger than
any one theology.  (imo, ymmv)

One of the things that I like so much about the
Chalion series is how it features a unique spiritual
reality and weaves these fascinating tales in what I
have come to think of as 'speculative theology'. 
Sci-fi and religion have not gotten along in the past
and some really important authors wouldn't dream of
mixing the two.  The Chalion series has smashed that
barrier, opening up a rich new playground for a new
generation of authors to play in.  It is our own
undiscovered country, and I couldn't be happier that
we are here right here and right now to start
exploring it.

Thanks, Lois.



Johne (Phy) Cook | 
http://raygunrevival.com/Forum/ | http://phywriter.com/ |



 
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