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I am not seriously suggesting that Religion and Science Fiction<\/a><\/em> will set relatively primitive hominids on the fast track to becoming sentient, or that your encounter with it will turn you into the Starchild. But I do think that the book will make a useful contribution to academic discussion of the intersection of religion and science fiction \u2013 and surely that can\u2019t be a bad thing for either you or your species!<\/p>\n

Plus, it seemed as though sci-fi is always giving humankind one last chance, and so I figured that I should be providing reminders that the coupon code I shared previously for 40% off the paperback edition is only valid until the end of the month \u2013 in other words, just for a couple of days more!<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are a fan of 2001 (which presumably you are if you understood the picture and this post in general) then you may also want to get one of these action figures\u2026<\/p>\n

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