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$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ Rod of Alexandria has begun reading and reviewing Religion and Science Fiction<\/i>. He is already finding that the works explicitly mention could be substituted with countless other works of sci-fi too numerous to mention and the points made would still be relevant<\/a>. That was one of the aims in putting the volume together: to make sure that, whatever specific examples<\/a> contributors focused on, the content would be interesting and relevant to those who hadn\u2019t read that particular story or watched that particular show.<\/p>\n

So far, so good!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"