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Sparseness: yet another disturbing trend with Christian speculative fiction

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on September 22, 2014 by David BergslandSeptember 22, 2014

I’ve read several Christian fantasies lately, especially those supposedly for children, which have been written in a style which severely hurts the quality of the books. Now, I’m not advocating the type of story seen in the comic cover to … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Discipleship, Reviews & commentary, Writing Help | Tagged action verbs, Adverb, Book, christian, Chronicles of Narnia, concise writing, good editing, good writing, Guy Stanton, Lord of the Rings, Reading, speculative fiction

Christian book review: Gemworld by Jeremy Bullard

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 21, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 21, 2014

This is the first book of The Facets of Reality series, and I loved it! It is an exceptionally inventive piece of speculative fiction—probably in the fantasy genre. But, it’s so much more. The characters are compelling. The action is … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged Christian novel, evangelical, fantasy, imaginative, Jesus, medieval, speculative fiction

Christian book review: Chasing Redemption by Bruce Fottler

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 17, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 18, 2014

An excellent military thriller set in space, i.e. a Christian science fiction read. I wouldn’t call it excellent Christian fiction I see it as very good science fiction with some Christian characters. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian, Christian novel, christian science fiction, Dale Brown, military thriller, Navy, Spacecraft, speculative fiction, thrillers

Christian book review: Ransom on the Rock and the Gateway to Gannah series

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 17, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 18, 2014

I’m only showing the cover from book #3, because I {and Yvonne agrees} do not consider the covers of the first two books to be professional. They were done outside of her control by the publisher. Great Christian science fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Discipleship, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content, Spiritual Warfare | Tagged book review, christian, christian science fiction, Dune, EarthSea, Jesus, LOTR, Messiah, speculative fiction, spiritual content

Christian Book review: The Proverbial War, Water Wars Book 2 by Guy Stanton III

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 4, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 17, 2014

Yet another marvelous book by the Christian Clive Cussler Every time I get a new book from Guy, I’m excited but a little tense. “Can he keep up the story quality?” The answer, so far, has always been: Yes! This … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian, Clive Cussler, God, Holy Spirit, speculative fiction, true love, Warrior Kind

Christian Book Review: The StormMaster Prophecy by Steven Ford

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on July 5, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 17, 2014

Four days later, and I can barely remember it. I recall that the hero is a librarian. I liked him—sorta. The StormMaster is a strange villain. He seemed vaguely powerless during the book—just nasty for no reason other than he … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian, demons, epic fantasy, magic, Religion and Spirituality, speculative fiction, spiritual power, strange races

Christian Book Review: The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on July 5, 2014 by David BergslandAugust 17, 2014

Of course, to start with I don’t like the concept of parallel worlds. I see no scriptural basis for such a thing, at all. However, Narnia works and the Door Within does also. It’s a relatively simple epic fantasy. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian, Door Within Trilogy, epic fantasy, speculative fiction, Wayne Thomas Batson

Review: Prince of Malorn, Annals of Alasia, III by Annie Douglass Lima

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on May 15, 2014 by David BergslandFebruary 18, 2015

I had the opportunity to beta-read this one a couple of months ago with orders to blunt and objective in my critique. I did that. Annie was very open to suggestions. I really enjoyed the book. The evil regent is … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction | Tagged alasia, evil regent, fantasy, kingdom, Malorn, prince, spears, speculative fiction

Review: The Last Place To Stand by Aaron K. Redshaw

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on May 5, 2014 by David BergslandFebruary 18, 2015

This is not a Christian novel [though it was given to me as one]. The author is a believer. He claims the series will end up with Christian parts–eventually. It’s clean and inoffensive now. Nothing more. “1984” modernized That taken … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Dystopian, Reviews & commentary, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged clean, futurist, nightmare, science fiction, space flight, speculative fiction, techological

Review: The Great Darkening, #1 Epic of Haven trilogy

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on April 26, 2014 by David BergslandFebruary 18, 2015

Many of you know I dislike poetry and flowery allegory. This book is full of that. What is missing is a savior and holy spirit. The evil is presented well. The faithful, not nearly so much. They are desperately holding … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Content | Tagged Book, Christian Speculative Fiction, dragons, magic, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, speculative fiction, sprites, Trilogy

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