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Old 09-08-06 | 10:13 PM
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What is some good Mormon fiction?

As the title says Fiction featuring Mormon characters.
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The folks at Bringham Young recommend these 370 choices: Mormon Fiction
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Wow. Thanks!
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I'm surprised the novelization of Orgazmo isn't on that list
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Old 09-09-06 | 05:21 PM
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Ok, it doesn't quite match your criteria exactly, but
Ender's Game and it's follow-up Speaker for the Dead were both written by the same Mormon and they're both fantastic. Also, they're Science Fiction. Author is Orson Scott Card.
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http://www.mormonsf.org/reading.html

If we are going away a little from the original spec - looking at science fiction with a mormon flavour generally and OSC in particular - Card wrote a couple of series said to have mormon themes runing through them i.e. the Alvin Maker books and the Homecoming series.

See also the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_fiction
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Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised nobody said the Book of Mormon. Anyway, OSC generally a big hit. And props to the man who got that huge list.
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Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised nobody said the Book of Mormon.
I was just about to.
Old 09-18-06 | 07:23 AM
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I would say the Bible, but there aren't any Mormons in it...
Old 09-18-06 | 02:40 PM
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Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised nobody said the Book of Mormon...
Why you... Anyway, I'm a bit confused. OP, why would you want to read mormon fiction? I'm LDS and even I have no interest in that crap...
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They have bookstores full of Mormon fiction here, in just about every genre. I know people who will only read from it.
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^^I would imagine one is looking to have a good time reading some fiction that reflects their values or at least don't trample all over them. Perhaps it is for reinforcing Mormon beliefs in their children. A lot of our fiction is pretty loose on what value systems they reflect.

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