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collings everything '' , a science fiction and fantasy symposium at at brigham young university . '' life , the universe , & starshine and shadows fantasy , horror , science fiction michaelbrent collings rupert , idaho united states orson scott card , stephen king '' characterization and landscape in the fiction of orson scott card in '' the image of god : theme , michael r. collings
 29 october 1947 collings , a science fiction and fantasy symposium at brigham young at university . life , the universe , & everything english 1979 - current michael and fantasy symposium - closeup.png r collings at brigham young university science fiction judi collings master literature -rrb- 's degree -lrb- english -rrb- ph.d. -lrb- english author professor -lrb- retired -rrb- , bibliographer , literary critic , poet , bakersfield -rrb- university of california , riverside -lrb- ma and phd college -rrb- -lrb- aa -rrb- whittier college -lrb- ba
michael r. collings

michael robert collings -lrb- born october 29 , 1947 in rupert , idaho -rrb- is an american author , poet , literary critic , and bibliographer , and a former professor of creative writing and literature at pepperdine university .
he was poet in residence at pepperdine 's seaver college from 1997-2000 .
collings has had multiple collections of his poetry published on subjects such as latter day saint theology , joseph smith , christmas , science fiction , and horror .
he is known for his literary critiques and bibliographies of the works of orson scott card and stephen king , though he has also published critiques and bibliographies of the works of peter straub , dean koontz , c. s. lewis , brian w. aldiss , and piers anthony .
his `` in the image of god : theme , characterization and landscape in the fiction of orson scott card '' was the first book-length academic look at card 's works .
