Utopia, the great early science fiction novel by the sainted and knighted Thomas More. If you haven’t read it, you should give it a listen. But if you think he’s being totally serious and describing a perfect society, you’re missing the point! 
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May 28, 2007 by marialectrix
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I read it several years ago, but downloaded the Librivox version to go through it again.
What is also cool about Utopia is that it has a very firm understanding of what came to be called the scientific method, plus it fits into the very small category of fiction written by saints, much less SF written by saints.
And after listening to Utopia, readers might want to check out Past Master by RA Lafferty (a great Catholic author), who didn’t miss the point
For those not familiar with Lafferty (and not many are, sadly!), here is a nice writeup on him: http://greatsfandf.com/AUTHORS/RALafferty.php