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A Surprising Find

I had to work today. The University held an openhouse meant to draw in non-traditional students (basically anyone not right out of high school). With all the pending layoffs and buy-outs in the automotive industry, there's a huge target audience in our backyard. Unfortunately, I guess no one got the memo. Hardly anyone showed up.

On the upside, this meant I got to leave early. I got my hair cut. Bought Mother's Day gifts for my mom and mother-in-law. Grabbed some lunch.

While I was doing my shopping I couldn't resist buying a little something for myself. They had a discount counter at the Christian Bookstore. There were quite a few fiction titles, so I treated myself. Now, I don't read a lot of Christian fiction, but that's mainly because there aren't many titles on the shelves where I shop. It's rare I find the time to visit an actual bookstore.

I'll have to let you know what I think of Gideon's Dawn. The back cover sounded interesting enough. I was especially surprised to find a fantasy novel in this particular bookstore. I hadn't realized such a book would be accepted in a Christian-themed store. Of course, I assume this book has a very significant Christian message somewhere within its pages. Otherwise, why would the store stock it, right?

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  1. Josh3:46 PM

    yes. although so far i have been disappointed with christian fantasy/sci-fi. the "left behind" series was interesting, if not extraordinarily well written (i know someone who came to christ because of the movie), and the older Piretti books ("Piercing the Darkness") had some good ideas, but were done in a really poor way, imho.

    there's always c.s. lewis. have you read the space trilogy? :)

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  2. Krista Heiser7:30 PM

    I haven't read the space trilogy. I'll have to look it up.

    To be honest, though, I'm an easily pleased reader in most instances. Take the Left Behind series, for instance, I rather liked it despite it's unimpressive writing.

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  3. Moi10:14 PM

    Why are you surprised to find Christian Fantasy? Haven't you ever heard of a little series called Narnia? ;)

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  4. Josh7:40 AM

    @ moi: that's kind of the problem. there hasn't been any really good christian fantasy since then.

    hmm...i smell a niche...

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