The initial rush of schadenfreude is gradually replaced with a genuine affection for the “good guys,” and righteous frustration at the machinations of the villains.
Gabriel Mckee
Gabriel Mckee, a graduate of Hampshire College and Harvard Divinity School, is the author of two books on religion and science fiction. The first, Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K. Dick, is available now from the University Press of America. The second, The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier, was released in January 2007 by Westminster-John Knox Press. He blogs at SF Gospel.
