Comments on: The Story Thus Far http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-story-thus-far/ Hey, What's That Over There? Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-story-thus-far/#comment-83231 Keith Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:50:37 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/?p=1509#comment-83231 Well, that's my last novel. And I haven't seen anything that suggests that quote I used was meant in a religious context. But even if it was, so what? It struck me as a very humanistic idea about the optimistic potential of exploring outer space. Perhaps if Tsiolkovsky meant it as a metaphysical statement, he should have been less ambiguous and mentioned god or Jesus or something religious. Well, that’s my last novel. And I haven’t seen anything that suggests that quote I used was meant in a religious context. But even if it was, so what? It struck me as a very humanistic idea about the optimistic potential of exploring outer space. Perhaps if Tsiolkovsky meant it as a metaphysical statement, he should have been less ambiguous and mentioned god or Jesus or something religious.

]]> By: Against the Self-Images of the Age http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-story-thus-far/#comment-83230 Against the Self-Images of the Age Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:08:17 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/?p=1509#comment-83230 """" The title comes from a quote by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, “All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.” .... About halfway through the first draft I realized I was writing an Atheist Novel. And I mean that in the same way Christian Authors write Christian Novels. I found that the heart of the story revolved around how non-believers found meaning in a meaningless world. """" Apparently by appropriating religious sentiment... http://www.ras.ru/en/ktsiolkovskyarchive/1.aspx?id=1&sorttype=&pi=7 “”"”
The title comes from a quote by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, “All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.”
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About halfway through the first draft I realized I was writing an Atheist Novel. And I mean that in the same way Christian Authors write Christian Novels. I found that the heart of the story revolved around how non-believers found meaning in a meaningless world.
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Apparently by appropriating religious sentiment…

http://www.ras.ru/en/ktsiolkovskyarchive/1.aspx?id=1&sorttype=&pi=7

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