Catholicism and theology in Julian May's books?
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1miki
Hi, just found this group! :)
Have any of y'all read Julian May's Milieu and/or Pliocene books? It's a series of 9 books, broken out into 3 separate series:
Intervention: The Surveillance and The Metaconcert
Milieu: Jack the Bodiless, Diamond Mask, and Magnificat: a novel
Pliocene: Many-Coloured Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, and The Adversary
Catholicism plays a pretty strong role in all of the books, but especially in the three Milieu books. Jack the Bodiless is always the one I give out to friends who haven't read any of the series.
Anyway, part of what is interesting to me is the reaction to the books I've seen from non-Catholics -- quite a few really enjoyed the books, but were convinced that theology in the books couldn't be "real" Catholic theology, because it "spoke too much truth". :p
There definitely are some bits and pieces of the Catholic world that are different in the book than in the real world (like a woman Jesuit in two of the books), but the theology itself seems not only well-researched, but very well integrated into the story.
If anyone else out there has read these, I'd love to hear your take. :)
Have any of y'all read Julian May's Milieu and/or Pliocene books? It's a series of 9 books, broken out into 3 separate series:
Intervention: The Surveillance and The Metaconcert
Milieu: Jack the Bodiless, Diamond Mask, and Magnificat: a novel
Pliocene: Many-Coloured Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, and The Adversary
Catholicism plays a pretty strong role in all of the books, but especially in the three Milieu books. Jack the Bodiless is always the one I give out to friends who haven't read any of the series.
Anyway, part of what is interesting to me is the reaction to the books I've seen from non-Catholics -- quite a few really enjoyed the books, but were convinced that theology in the books couldn't be "real" Catholic theology, because it "spoke too much truth". :p
There definitely are some bits and pieces of the Catholic world that are different in the book than in the real world (like a woman Jesuit in two of the books), but the theology itself seems not only well-researched, but very well integrated into the story.
If anyone else out there has read these, I'd love to hear your take. :)
2Storeetllr
I haven't, but I plan to now that you mentioned them! Thanks for the rec, miki!
