I am a science fiction and fantasy genre nut! Do religious peoples have a similar affinity? Sometimes I think that Sci-fi/Fantasy makes highly religious peoples uncomfortable...
It does to the extent that it imagines worlds and raises issues that make their heads explode.
However, just as Christians have Christian rock, they have Christian sci-fi of sorts. Mostly the overtly fictional works of CS Lewis, e.g., the Martian Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength), of course The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and to a lesser extent speculative fiction like The Screwtape Letters. Don't think it caught on more generally. Lewis' works were good enough to hold the attention of an unbeliever but not what I'd call terrific. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was more overtly proselytizing, with its Jesus-figure, Aslan the Lion. I read the Martian Trilogy as a child and don't recall much about it honestly. Give me some classic Heinlien or Asimov any day.
I went to Catholic schools 1 thru 10 and I was a rabid Sci/Fi reader. All the nuns and lay teachers knew of my love for the genre and none of them ever had any derogatory remarks about it, or maybe thought I was a worthless cause. They also knew of my interest in Science and even encouraged it.
They might have if they ever read Arthur C Clarke's "The Star." It's a short story, and giving away the premise would be too much, but I HIGHLY recommend it.