Catholic Science Fiction Books Bibliography

These books are written by Catholics or have themes that are Catholic.
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Amis, Kingsley
THE ALTERATION


Benson, Robert Hugh
LORD OF THE WORLD
DAWN OF ALL


Bishop, Michael
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE DEITY (an anthology)
ANCIENT OF DAYS.


Blish, James
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE
BLACK EASTER (duology/trilogy)
THE DEVIL'S DAY
DAY OF JUDGEMENT


Bradley, Marion Zimmer
DARKOVER LANDFALL


Bradbury, Ray
THE FIRE BALLOON
R IS FOR ROCKET (???)


Buckley, William F. Jr.
THE GOD MACHINE


Burgess, Anthony
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE WANTING SEED


Card, Orson Scott
PASTWATCH: THE REDEMPTION OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS


del Rey, Lester
THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT


De Wohl, Louis
THE SECOND CONQUEST


Dick, Philip K.
THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH
UBIK
THE DIVINE INVASION


Dick, Philip K. and Roger Zelazny
"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" in FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, November 1963.


Farmer, Philip Jose
NIGHT OF LIGHT (1966) Fr. John Carmody finds that he has become the bearer of a revelation from an alien race


Gilliam, Richard, Martin H. Greenberg, and Edward E. Kramer, editors.
GRAILS: QUESTS, VISITATIONS AND OTHER OCCURRENCES. Atlanta, Georgia: Unnameable Press, 1992.
GRAILS: QUESTS OF THE DAWN. New York: ROC, 1994.


Gray, John
PARK: A FANTASTIC STORY


Greeley, Andrew and Michael Cassutt
SACRED VISIONS (an anthology of award-winning science fiction with Catholic themes)


Henderson, Zenna
THE PEOPLE
THE PEOPLE: NO DIFFERENT FLESH


Kay, Guy Gavriel
LIONS OF AL-RAMAN (a fantasy)


Kurtz, Katherine, ed.
TALES OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.


Martin, George
SANDKINGS
THE WAY OF CROSS AND DRAGON


May, Julian
JACK THE BODILESS
DIAMOND MASK


Miller, Walter M.
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ
BEYOND ARMAGEDDON: TWENTY-ONE SERMONS TO THE DEAD
CONDITIONALLY HUMAN


Milton, John
PARADISE LOST


Moore, Brian
CATHOLICS


Moore, Thomas
UTOPIA


O'Brien, Michael
FATHER ELIJAH: AN APOCALYPSE
STRANGERS AND SOJOURNERS
PLAGUE JOURNAL 


Percy, Walker
LOVE IN THE RUINS
THE MOVIEGOER
LOST IN THE COSMOS
THE THANATOS SYNDROME


Philipps, Peter
MANNA


Piercy, Marge
HE, SHE, IT


Rolf, F. W.
HADRIAN THE SEVENTH


Silverberg, R.
PROJECT POPE (?)


Simak, Clifford D.
WHERE THE EVIL DWELLS


Soloviev, Vladimir
SHORT STORY OF THE ANTICHRIST from: THREE CONVERSATIONS


Stephenson, Neal
SNOW CRASH


Tepper, Sherri S.
GRASS (note: main character a devout Catholic)
PLAGUE OF ANGELS


J. R. R. Tolkien
THE SILMARILLION
THE HOBBIT
THE LORD OF THE RINGS


Vidal, Gore
LIVE FROM GOLGOTHA This novel is dealing with the Crucifixion, and nothing would be more Catholic.


Verner Vinge
FIRE UPON THE DEEP an interesting combination of religion and physics is the basis for evolving beyond our present form.


Zelazny, Roger
LORD OF LIGHT


Updated 1 November 2000