{"id":4135,"date":"2007-01-20T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T18:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2007\/01\/20\/infinite-space-infinite-god\/"},"modified":"2007-01-20T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T18:01:12","slug":"infinite-space-infinite-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2007\/01\/infinite-space-infinite-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite Space, Infinite God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Their two oldest children were just toddlers at the time, and Karina and Rob Fabian, both Catholics and longtime science-fiction fans, were enjoying a rare night out when they created the Order of Our Lady of the Rescue some 10 years ago.
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At the time, she was writing articles about nuns for Wyoming Catholic magazine and her husband, a space operations officer in the Air Force, had just gotten involved with the Artemis Society International, a foundation that hopes to establish a community on the moon.<\/p>\n

Real life meshed with fantasy and the Order of Our Lady of the Rescue, known as "Rescue Sisters" to the space travelers they tend to, was born.<\/p>\n

"My husband and I, one of the things we do is take a pencil and a pen, go to a restaurant and make up stories," said Karina, a Stafford County resident, author and book editor.<\/p>\n

The space-roving nuns join genetically engineered humans, futuristic priests and time-traveling Catholics in a 15-tale anthology edited by the Fabians and billed as Catholic science fiction.<\/p>\n

The collection, "Infinite Space, Infinite God," includes one story by Karina Fabian and two more she penned with her husband, as well as a dozen stories from authors all over the world.<\/p>\n

The book has been available electronically since September and is expected to see print through publisher Twilight Times Books this summer. It’s also a finalist for an EPPIE award, which recognizes excellence in electronic publishing.<\/p>\n

The tales raise a host of Catholic-related questions: Is a genetically engineered human still worthy of salvation? Can space transport technology inadvertently separate a soul from its body or are they tied together? Can the power of confession reform a terrorist?<\/p>\n

"The main reason we did this was just to have fun," said Karina, who edited a collection of Christian science fiction with her husband several years ago. "We want people to think about the issues in terms of faith, rather than just a generic morality. Think about it from a specific morality–for Catholics, the one you were raised with."<\/p>\n

…Rob quoted J.R.R. Tolkien (a Catholic) throughout middle school. He and a classmate at the U.S. Air Force Academy got through prisoner of war training camp by learning to speak elvish. Camp linguists couldn’t crack the code.
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The book is available here as a PDF<\/a> along with an introduction by the editors about Catholic SF.<\/p>\n

Relatedly, I recently discovered Speculative Catholic<\/a> was back blogging at a different url via Claw of the Councilator<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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