(Originally appeared on Aryn’s List) Brimstone 1: is a fun story. It’s a secret race to space, to meet an incoming alien artifact, sent in response to scripture being broadcast into space. There’s enough mystery that you’re a good way through before you really know who’s ‘good’ and who isn’t. There’s a hint of romance, …
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How a Christian Sci-Fi Author Relies on Women Heroes—Fictional and Real—to Propel His New Novel
(Originally published in Woman of Noble Character) When I began writing Brimstone 1, I came to two important conclusions. The pilot would be a woman, and she would be the best in her field, a status only reachable after many years of achievement. These character requirements intersect in Jana McAlister, age 48. Per historic precedent, she …
Ashes—An Appreciation
(Originally Posted on Diary of a Soul Satisfied) Guest Post By Jason William Karpf Isaiah 61:3 NLT To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD …
My Screenwriter Mom Introduced Me to Fantastic Sci-Fi in the 1960s
(Originally Published on Lorehaven.com) Grandfather Jason William Karpf remembers his mother, Elinor Karpf, sharing cinematic fare like “Planet of the Apes” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Jason William Karpf on Feb 25, 2021 I stood in Times Square, gazing at the Empire State Building mere blocks away. The year was 1968. This was the closest I’d …
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Brimstone 1 Review—“Book Reviews from an Avid Reader,” Joan Nienhuis
(Original post—Feb. 22, 2021) Brimstone 1 by Jason William Karpf Mankind has been trying to find evidence of life elsewhere in the universe for decades. In Karpf’s novel set a few years in the future, a Christian does exactly that. Starting some eighty years ago, Baxter Moore, founder of a Christian media empire, began sending …
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