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Picking Books

More and more, readers are faced with Choice. But how do we filter through the thousands of books to find the ones we actually want to read? Spec Faith does not sell books, so this isn’t one stop shopping. It is, however, the place for readers of Christian speculative fiction. But we need your help. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Which Ones Are Required Reading?

Besides Tolkien and Lewis, who else has had an impact on Christian speculative fiction? Specifically, what titles would you consider “required reading” for someone trying to understand the shape and history of present-day Christian speculative fiction? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Characters We Love

Some stories are notable because of the action and their fast pace, others because of their epic nature, and still others because of their vivid world. But when it comes to characters, which stand out in your mind? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fantasy: Where To Go Next?

You want to introduce a friend of yours to fantasy. Where do you start? That seems like a no-brainer. Start with the best — Lewis and Tolkien. But then what? What if this particular friend of yours says, I love this fantasy stuff you’ve given me. Love, love, love them. What should I read next? What do you say? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Done To Death: Getting It Right

Last time, I wrote about the reason why I don’t think it’s a good idea to write “milk” in Christian fiction. And I also promised to talk about some books that I think “got it right,” so to speak. So here we go. · John Otte

What Are You Reading?

What are you reading? What Christian speculative titles have you read in the last year or two? Have you written a review of those books, either here at Spec Faith as a comment to the title in our library or for one of the online outlets? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Poll Time For Readers

We’ve run some polls from time to time aimed primarily at writers, but this one is for readers (of which writers are a subset — or ought to be.) Where do you get your books? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Not A Waste Of Time

I wasted my childhood. Also the first half of my teenage years. At least, I thought I did. After all, practically all I did for all those years was read fiction. · Rachel Starr Thomson

Dark Is The Stain: The Fast

Just as I’ve learned there’s many ways to fast, so there are many ways to prioritize so as to focus on writing productivity. · Kaci Hill

The “Alien Work” Of God Part VI

Like I said two week ago, I’m not one to back down from a bad idea. And I have a feeling that this might be a bad idea. We’ll see. Of course, that’s only if this post makes it past […] · John Otte

Lord Of The Fantasies: Beholding Middle-earth

Because I first read “The Fellowship of the Ring” only days before seeing the film version, I did not have time to form interpretations of characters, or expectations. Thus, the film blew me away, no disappointments. But how might I have been disadvantaged? · E. Stephen Burnett

Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 3

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for God’s Word — His perfect written revelation that He has promised will last forever, even into the New Earth. What would it be like to read the Bible then? How can that eternal perspective help us enjoy His Story now? · E. Stephen Burnett

The “It” Factor

What is the “It” factor that makes people sit up and take notice? What makes them buy a book, review it, talk about it, give it as a gift? More so, what causes them to tweet and re-tweet, to write their own articles and link to someone else’s discussion of the book, to share it on Facebook or Google Plus? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

What’s In Yours?

Summer is over, and many readers used a part of their vacation time to kick back and enjoy a good book. But every day authors announce new releases, and the fall line up seems full of a wealth of new books. Then there are the classics — the books everyone else talks about that we’ve never picked up ourselves, though we’ve been meaning to. For writers, there are also books of friends and colleagues. So, what’s in your to-be-read pile? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Good And Bad Of The Reading Experience

If fiction is a model for life which readers create in collaboration with writers, then it seems to me readers are being transformed by writers into whatever writers believe to be true. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Psychological Study Of Creativity – Or, You Experience What You Read

Stories matter. Any reader can tell you this. We cry because a beloved old yeller dog, which never actually existed, dies. We laugh at the pig’s tail applied to the imaginary greedy Dudley Dursley. We cheer when the fictitious Aslan […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Recommendations And What They Mean

So what do recommendations mean? I’ll answer with the negative: they do not mean a guarantee that the content will be absolutely safe and free from error — artistic or spiritual. They do not mean the reader can put his critical thinking to bed when diving into books given high praise. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Struggle: Whom Do You Trust?

Bruce Hennigan, author of “The 13th Demon,” explores the perils of self-publishing versus traditional publishing, with help from friend and fellow author A.S. Peterson, author of “The Fiddler’s Gun” and “The Fiddler’s Green.” · Bruce Hennigan
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