title: Ufology and the New Religion
author:  Alan Lucia 
description: Alan Lucia was born in Rockville, Connecticut, in 1959. He is an avid student of world religions and global mysteries. Studies in the field of Christian theology eventually led to his ordination as a Christian minister. Later, however, he set these credentials aside and took on the role of Priest and overseer for a home-based non-profit Interfaith Temple; an eight year work that concluded in 2009, whereupon, he took up the pen.Alan, after undergoing an extensive post high school study in Western Theology, went on to complete degrees through New York State University and Old Dominion University in the concentrations of Sociology, Music, and Education. While accomplishing this educational experience he spent almost a quarter of a century serving his country as an active duty member of the US Armed Forces. After retiring from the military, Alan went on to teach both high school science and private music tutoring for some years.Married, he and his wife have three adult children.
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  _( SF Masterworks - 35 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Keith Roberts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1588: Queen Elizabeth is felled by an assassin’s bullet. Within the week, the
  Spanish Armada had set sail, and its victory changed the course of history.
  
  
  1968: England is still dominated by the Church of Rome. There are no
  telephones, no television, no nuclear power. As Catholicism and the
  Inquisition tighten their grip, rebellion is growing.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Keith Roberts
  
  
  ## PAVANE
  
  
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  Science Fiction Masterworks Volume 35
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This aye night, this aye night,
  
  
  This aye night and all,
  
  
  Fire and fleet and candle-light,
  
  
  And Christ receive thy saule…
  
  
  
  
  
  —The Lyke-Wake Dirge
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Enter the SF Gateway
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In the last years of the twentieth century (as Wells might have put it),
  Gollancz, Britain’s oldest and most distinguished science fiction impri