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Paul Krueger

Science Fiction & Fantasy
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One thing that intrigues me about science-fiction/fantasy is they give us an opportunity to explore what it means to be human from other-worldly perspectives. You don’t have a story without some sort of conflict – and conflict often implies some underlying moral question, such as, ‘should the rights of an individual be subordinate to the needs of the collective?’ Or, why doesn't the deity, if he/she is benevolent, prevent evil? Alfedora and the Drakebureau is frankly an allegorical exposition of the "principalities and powers" described in Ephesians 6. It wrestles with the question of ‘what if there really is something beyond nature?’ J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used magic to represent the spiritual realm in their renowned works of fiction, as did J.K. Rowling. My background in physics drew me to the mysterious properties of dark matter and dark energy. We know it’s there but we can’t touch it or see it. In Alfedora and the Drakebureau, the realm of dark matter and dark energy is called “the Phoberon” - and from the perspective of dragons and blue apes, it's kinda like magic. Or miracles. Does anyone really want to live in a world where miracles are impossible? But I get it - science and technology have been good to us over the last few centuries - and science assumes material explanations for everything it investigates - no miracles allowed. But does the scientific method necessarily inform our metaphysical view? Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon and other great scientists didn't think so. And as C.S. Lewis wrote in "The Screwtape Letters", Christianity is the only religion which require the supernatural. You can't have it without the virgin birth or the resurrection. So that’s it. Dragons and blue apes and beings from another realm - caught in a never-ending struggle for power. Or is it never-ending? And there's a Viper Vault and the Burning End Games. But you'll be disappointed if you expect human beings. It's an allegory from another world.
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