Beyond Earth AZOSA Review

 Here's a review of Beyond Earth by Dr. Joseph Kezele of the Arizona Origin Science Association (AzOSA):

I have found Beyond Earth to be absolutely delightful! The greatly imaginative use of the bodies of the solar system to introduce the biblical/young-Earth creation model as well as elements of the Gospel message is marvelous. It is a pleasure to read science fiction that glorifies our Lord Creator and is a fun read at the same time. This book deserves a wide readership. Kudos.

Fred Was Afraid Reviews

Here are some recent reviews of Fred Was Afraid, straight from Amazon.com


Beautifully illustrated

Enjoyed reading this book. The pictures are so vibrant and fun to look at. The message of battling fear is great for the kids and moms too! =)

Perfect for little ones dealing with fear

The illustrations are great.This is a well written story that will help your younger child overcome fear. It's a great book for Christian parents.

Very Helpful

Being afraid is a very common thing for kids, and my 8 year old often has fears just like Fred in this book! We all (4y, 8y and me) really liked this book. Fred was easy for children to identify themselves with, and while we were reading it I could see my son begin to relax when Fred's fears weren't always realized. The other nice thing is many books that deal with fear only tackle bedtime fears, this book not only covers other fears that the kids have during the day, but it gives the reader a clear and great way to battle those fears. One that even I need to be reminded of, DAILY. The illustrations were colorful and not to busy, calming even. Our favorite was the illustration on the very last page. I don't want to give it away, but we thought it was very cute, my 4 year old wanted to see it over and over. We will definitely be reading this often. Really good for gifts too.

Beyond Earth Book Review 2

Entertaining Science Fiction

The book is well written and entertaining. There is much variety in terms of characters, countries, and situations. Some novel theories are worked out as somewhat surprising. Differing philosophies of various ones give good variety. The language is essentially clean and the violence is as expected with catastrophes and war. The book tours various planets and moons in our solar system in some interesting detail. To fully enjoy the book, one needs some scientific feel and concept of the solar system. It is science fiction of the future where much of the present world situation has dramatically changed, although many of the concepts are seen in current literature.

Larry Craver
Review of Beyond Earth on Amazon.com

Beyond Earth First Book Review (CSFNM)

The following book review comes from one of the board members of the Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico. I post it in its entirety:

BEYOND EARTH—the Rise and Fall of the Interplanetary Age by Paul Lewis

Beyond Earth is an insightful story of entrepreneurs driving the conquest of the solar system. Seeing great profit in capitalizing on possibilities that are made real by new materials manufactured in low- to zero-gravity environments, commercial enterprises reach out to the planets, their moons, and asteroids. Exploration, colonization, and exploitation are the themes of a movement reminiscent of the Gold Rush days. Space, however, is a harsh host, its harbors not well suited to the Earth-born. Technology can bring humans far, but commercialism is driven on timely payoffs- let the buyer beware!

In this story, a sprinkling of Christians are instrumental in the business of conquering space. Their various contributions, personalities and private lives express a truth not readily perceived in much of literature; each Christian is an individual, and each is very much a human. Strengths and weaknesses are apparent in each, as much as in the characters of those who find Christianity offensive. Along the way, a few find reasons to believe in that God that they might have thought they left behind, or outgrew.

A remarkable fact of this book is the near-total absence of Islam. The word Islam does not occur.  There is an historical reference to caliphates long gone, and late in the story a space traffic controller’s thoughts list some “moon-faring countries”, among which are ones that are now or likely to become, Muslim- Egypt, Indonesia, Persia, Uganda, Malaysia. In a decade even Europe might be Muslim-dominated.

Persia is an anachronistic name which I take to mean Iran. Events could be imagined and perhaps should have been referenced, to return it to its former name.

In any case, could so much of human history happen without significant occurrences under a crescent banner? Islam might not drive the space race, but to imagine no significant influence seems to me to require a very different reality.

One character in this string of stories about Man in space fascinates me. Introduced as born and raised on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, this person is a great representation of a possibility which I hope has not and will not actually happen. Yet, in another sense, there are many of them all around us. I pray that God gives me wisdom and love to understand them whenever I come upon them.

Finally, I note that Beyond Earth ends with an easy path for a sequel. The status of the colony population on one planet remains in question. It happens to be the most viable venture in the system, having lost no humans. What has happened with it now that Earth’s influence has abated? Another story might be on the way!