John Scalzi

For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real. Religious people doubt it.

By Bob Smietana — August 23, 2021
(RNS) —  A new study finds that atheists think there just might be aliens out there. Evangelicals are not so sure.

In ‘The Last Emperox,’ John Scalzi delivers a satisfying space opera with a soul

By Bob Smietana — April 13, 2020
(RNS) — In ‘The Last Emperox,’ author John Scalzi mixes action and religion to create a page-turning space opera whose characters try to save the world despite their own flaws.

John Scalzi on messiahs, the apocalypse, coronavirus and religion in science fiction

By Bob Smietana — April 13, 2020
(RNS) — John Scalzi discusses his latest book, why he often writes about religion in his science fiction and examines what it means to be a messiah.

Close encounters of the God kind: Scalzi, others mix religion in science fiction

By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 14, 2018
CHICAGO (RNS) — Religion often makes an appearance in best-selling, Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi’s works of science fiction — including his latest, 'The Consuming Fire.' And that’s not unique to Scalzi.
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