You are absolutely correct. However, as a sci-fi writer, I’ll bet dollars to donuts he’s agnostic at best, flat-out atheist at worst. I’ll further wager that he has utter contempt for the God who loves him and created him.
The vast majority of sci-fi authors, brilliant as some may be, do NOT believe in God. Suicide to someone who thinks that way is simply an ending of life on their own terms. Any thoughts of what that might mean to a God in whom they don’t believe just don’t enter the picture.
He writes fantasy, not science fiction.
According to Wikipedia, he is listed as an agnostic and humanist. He participated in a protest against the Pope's visit to the UK, claiming that the Church was "responsible" for all sorts of human rights violations.