Margaret Babcock

Author

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About the author…

Margaret is an Episcopal priest and author of two science fiction novels, Eden.2 and the soon-to-be released Intersecting Eternity. Margaret’s vision of a future trajectory for humanity reflects her forty years of focus on growing and sustaining spiritual communities. Her short story Bridge to Before won first place in fiction at the Wyoming Writers Conference in 2015. Her non-fiction publications, Rooted in God and New Growth in God’s Garden, both address the challenges of congregations living out inclusive faith with integrity in the present world.

Margaret’s most recent adventure has been moving from Wyoming to Tucson, Arizona with her partner and three cats. They are thawing out nicely while enjoying extended family, birding and hiking.

Margaret Babcock

Books

EDEN.2 On a planet far from dying Earth, Jerry Nichols, an Episcopal priest, and his exobiologist husband, Rob, lead the efforts of a small band of religiously diverse settlers and scientists to create a viable new community on a scarcely explored world. They receive help from a mysterious entity, that changes them and opens unforeseen possibilities. Then their sister ship arrives, upsetting the delicate balance they’ve achieved. Will humanity once again become its own worst enemy, or will a new way of being emerge?

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INTERSECTING ETERNITY (Sequel to EDEN.2 to be released in 2024)

In 2073, humans settled on a planet they called Goldilocks, forging a relationship of interdependence and trust which allowed them to flourish. Then something went wrong.
One hundred and thirty years later, disasters threaten humanity’s survival as the population has forgotten the alliance it once forged with the world it inhabits. Alice, a young woman just stepping into adult love and responsibility, is navigating an increasingly hostile and dangerous society. Her great-great aunt Elena, teetering on the precipice between life and death, reaches into her past for stories that illuminate their present situation. Together, they seek a destiny which both honors the truth of Goldilocks and re-establishes a sustainable relationship with her. But time is running out to save a future for humanity on their new home planet.

Blog

  • Wondering about Recovery VS Resurrection

    I’m writing a short story in which the setting is a future where our planet is struggling to recover from a catastrophic event after seventy-five years. The descendants of the people who in my first novel, Eden.2, escaped as Earth grappled with a terrible plague, return. The history stored in these refugees’ computers fails to…

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  • Wondering Why I Write Sci-Fi

    I suspect my family (and perhaps most of my friends) ask themselves or each other behind my back, “Why is she writing science fiction?” It was not what they expected me to do after a career dedicated to congregational development as an Episcopal priest. Most retired priests, after all, find substitute preaching or part-time ministry…

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  • Wondering about Daks

    In the sequel to Eden.2, (which is coming out in late 2024 and I’ll let you know the exact date as soon as I do…), another form of flying creature has appeared: the daks. I wondered for a while where they came from. In fact, while writing the book, a little whisper in the back…

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