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more about #frederikpohl J_Frank_Parnell: I'm dropping my vote for The Cult of Ray. Has its own theme song and everything. more » Wookie1972: In all seriousness, the first tenet of a PKD-based religion would be "No matter what you believe, the truth is infinitely stranger." The second tenet ... more » Insomnia Bob: I'd join Phillip K Dick's whacko space cult. Hey, at least he's a GOOD sci-fi author. more » NathanSt: While more fantasy genre than sci-fi, St. Paul had some kick-ass shit. more » ceti: Ursula K. Leguin hands down for a well developed faith/philosophy as well as ideology. In fact, EARTHSEA is an acronym I use to describe my spiritual ... more » Wookie1972: Oh, and I don't know if he counts as a "sci-fi writer", but how about Moore and his little pal Glycon? more » Wookie1972: Roddenberry, of course. And, um, there's another guy who came up with some idea of an all-powerful force that [somethings] us together... Wish I could... more » Wookie1972: Cripes, why didn't I think of this before? Gaiman. He's been leading up to this his whole career (and, coincidentally or not, was raised as a Scientol... more » Nebris: PS There's only a single P in 'worshiped'. more » Cartman86: My favorite thing to think about is that there is someone who has posted in this topic or you can ask the same question to and they will say "Oh yeah ... more » Purple Dave: What would it be like? Well, for starters, Travolta never would have made Battlefield Earth, and Chef wouldn't have been written out of South Park. more » AvenueOfTheStrongest: I've always assumed that Riverworld is an accurate depiction of the afterlife. Or at least hoped. Free food, good swimming, eternal youth, getting to ... more » PhebeDisco: Robert Heinline's Stranger in a Strange Land actually inspired The Church of All Worlds. (http://www.caw.org/) more » PercivalScrofa: Um, he kind of is.... http://www.palmtreegarden.org/about.php "We take our inspiration and our image from the words of Gnostic Prophet Philip K. Dic... more » Biku: I nominate Octavia Butler, because then we can pretty much go on the way we've been going, only _awesomer_. And with less religion! Unless you count... more » Liz Weinbloom: Douglas Adams. Discussion over. more » HaukApis: Wow, really? Mormons like the persecution they get? If that's how you rationalize unwarranted critisicm of someone else's belief, then you really ough... more » BullfightsOnAcid: Yeah but PKD's work is so full of paranoia that in his religion you would think that God is actually walking among you and secretly plotting against y... more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Did Arthur C. Clarke's books ever see the appearance of a cargo cult based on the Monoliths or anything? Not that Clarke was a great fan of religion ... more » OliveFalcon: I would go with either Robert Silverberg or Norman Spinrad -- for their sense of humor -- God should have a sense of humor ~~~ more » -
#scientology
What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
Over on an anti-Scientology forum, someone asked a really good question: What if Philip K. Dick had become a religious figure instead of the much worse science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard? The resulting religion would be a lot cooler. More » -
#crapfuturism
Larry Niven's Iron-Clad Rules For Predicting Future Tech
How can you predict future technologies? You can't, according to five great science fiction authors quoted in the new CIO Magazine. But at least you can predict what types of problems will crop up.
