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I had the chance to endorse Chris Crawford<\/a>\u2018s novel, The Tuning Station<\/a>\"\"<\/em>, and since today is its official release date, I want to share what I wrote about it here, and to recommend it to readers of this blog.<\/p>\n

There have been plenty of debates between a Christian and an atheist in fiction. But only rarely are both characters as compelling as they are in The Tuning Station<\/em><\/a>, in which we are offered what is arguably the most original approach to this scenario. What if you could have such a debate with a person from whom you could hide very little \u2013 because that person is you from a parallel universe? Finding themselves in a mysterious station which allows them to revisit scenes from their lives, the two set about trying to figure out where their lives diverged from one another. What follows is quite literally a journey of self-discovery, as the two iterations discover what they share, what distinguishes them, and what each gained and lost by following the path they did. The story that Crawford tells is deeply moving and powerful, and it works well not just as science fiction, but as a profound and poignant dramatic exploration of religious questions. I highly recommend it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I had the chance to endorse Chris Crawford\u2018s novel, The Tuning Station, and since today is its official release date, I want to share what I wrote about it here, and to recommend it to readers of this blog. There have been plenty of debates between a Christian and an atheist in fiction. 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