Talk:Spiritual science fiction

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The absence of sources suggests to me that this is not a notable term in the study/discussion of science fiction. While there certainly is SF that addresses "spiritual" topics and themes, I can't think of any reliable published sources that use the phrase in more than a casual or passing manner. (A special issue of a little magazine doesn't strike me as qualifying, nor does a personal website dedicated to the idea and using many of the same examples.) Unless someone can turn this into a proper article with citations of sources, I'd suggest it's a candidate for deletion. RLetson 05:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Later: Three of the redlinked books in the "seleted titles" list are self-published; two of these authors turn up as recommendations on two sites on the external links list. How much of this page is promotional? I have tagged the article for deletion, but maybe someone can remedy these problems (even though they seem irremedial to me). RLetson 05:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Still unsourced, still (apparently) a neologism

The recent edits do nothing to address the issues for which the page was tagged: there are still no sources, and nearly half of the examples are still self-published (and therefore not notable) books. For "spritual science fiction" to be a real genre designation, there ought to be examples of critics, reviewers, and commentators using it in that sense: as a label for a recognized category of SF. The fact that one can attach the modifier "spiritual" to "science fiction"--or even the fact that some SF addresses "spritual" themes--does not make the phrase part of the standard critical vocabulary. (Note that there is a difference between a genre or subgenre and a theme or motif.) If these matters can't be fixed, I don't see why the article should not be deleted, or some form of the material integrated into another article (for example, the "list of science fiction themes"). RLetson 18:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)