Once a year, SF geeks gravitate towards each other to form a critical mass. This assemblage of nerdy particles is designated The World Science Fiction Convention, or WorldCon for short. Opposing this powerful attraction are the forces of Distance (last year’s was in Glasgow, Scotland, next year’s is in Yokohama, Japan) and High Prices […]
Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions.
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Mind on Fire is devoted to religion and skepticism, with frequent detours into science fiction, feminism, and other (mostly geeky) pet topics. It aims to be respectfully iconoclastic and thoroughly sacrilicious.
John Remy: [editor and permablogger] is an atheist-Quaker and secular humanist, cultural Shinto-Buddhist-Christian, and former Mormon; a religious studies graduate student, pseudo-journalist, and aspiring science fiction author. He started Mind on Fire in 2001 and is amazed to see that its engine is still good, even after all the miles on it.
xJane: [permablogger] found Mind on Fire through the wonders of the internet in connecting like-minded peoples. She contributes sporadically with her strong opinions and tries not to offend her readers: this is her toned down. She comes from a predominately Catholic background but is currently exploring atheistic spirituality. -