War in Heaven
10 best books like War in Heaven (Charles Williams): "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman, The Library of Babel, Perelandra, Out of the Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength, Merlin, The Ball and the Cross, Phantastes, The Star, Hell is the Absence of God
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
| Author | Harlan Ellison |
| ISBN | 1887424350 |
In a future where humanity has become obsessed with timekeeping and punctuality, a single mysterious figure tries to make a change, by wasting everybody's time.
Try reading that in a deep movie trailer voice.
“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman is a whimsical and satirical...
In Borges's short story, the world consists of a gigantic library which contains every possible book that can ever be written. So, somewhere, there must logically be the book, the one that reveals the Library's secret! Unfortunately, there is no filing system, and no one has any idea of how to find the...
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0007157169 |
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil...
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0007157150 |
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures...
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0007157177 |
The third novel in the science-fiction trilogy by C.S. Lewis. This final story is set on Earth, and tells of a terrifying conspiracy against humanity.
The story surrounds Mark and Jane Studdock, a newly married couple. Mark is a Sociologist who is enticed to join an organisation called N.I.C.E....
| Author | Stephen R. Lawhead |
| ISBN | 0310205069 |
An enchanting tale of love and loss, glory and grandeur, set in the twilight of Rome's power . . . where the Celtic chieftains of Britain battle to save their land from an onrushing darkness . . . In this modern classic, Stephen Lawhead presents a majestic retelling of Western literature's most compelling...
| Author | G.K. Chesterton |
| ISBN | 0486288056 |
Like much of G. K. Chesterton's fiction, The Ball and the Cross is both witty and profound, cloaking serious religious and philosophical inquiry in sparkling humor and whimsy. Serialized in the British publication The Commonwealth in 1905-06, Chesterton's second novel first appeared in book form...
C.S. Lewis said that upon reading this astonishing 19th-century fairy tale he "had crossed a great frontier," and numerous others both before and since have felt similarly.
In MacDonald's fairy tales, both those for children and (like this one) those for adults, the "fairy land" clearly...
Dear Arthur,
I appreciated your short story "The Star", but I think you will be interested to hear My side of the case. I have done My very best to create a beautiful universe where intelligent beings may evolve, flourish, and learn to become closer to Me. You would simply not believe how many aeons...
Which would you prefer: a judgemental God who causes suffering to sinners, or a reality where there is no justice at all?
Calvin: “Do you believe in the Devil... dedicated to the temptation corruption, and destruction of man?”
Hobbes: “I'm not sure man needs the help.”
This...
| Author | G.K. Chesterton |
| ISBN | 0486414051 |
Perhaps the most light-hearted of all Chesterton's "serious" works, Manalive pits a group of disillusioned young people against Mr. Innocent Smith, a bubbly, high-spirited gentleman who literally falls into their midst. Later accused of murder and denounced for philandering everywhere he goes,...
This novel was dark, suspenseful, and thrilling. It delved into the deep recesses of the human mind and weaved a tale both complex and intriguing. It left you wondering about the different motivations and thoughts that go through peoples' minds.There were graphic displays of the otherworldly,...
| Author | Douglas Gresham |
| ISBN | 0805432469 |
Douglas Gresham claims that Jack Lewis was the finest man and the best Christian he has ever known. Of course, Jack to Douglas is C. S. Lewis to the rest of the world. The informal address Gresham uses to refer to the great writer is indicative of the intimacy he shared with Lewis for a dozen years, living...
When things get bad, I take out the bourbon. When, as occasionally happens, time drags on and things don't get any better, I put the bourbon away and take out C. S. Lewis. His books are short, readable, and filled with an uncanny amount of wisdom. His genius, and the reason he's always been a comfort to me,...
Of the six suns, only Beta is left in the sky. Do you see it?”
The question was rather unnecessary. Beta was almost at zenith, its
ruddy light flooding the landscape to an unusual orange as the brilliant
rays of setting Gamma died. Beta was at aphelion. It was small; smaller than
Theremon...
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0007461259 |
‘The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.’
This is the key statement of ‘Miracles’, in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in...
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
After reading The Egg by Andy Weir, GR had some nice recommendations for me. So, I came upon They're Made Out of Meat.
This is a very short story (only 5 pages long) that was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story in 1991. You can read it here....
