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Elsewhere around the blogosphere, Geeks of Christ has a reflection on the first episode of the revived Doctor Who series, \u201cRose.\u201d<\/a> Philip K. Dick and Religion has posts on looking forward to reading his Exegesis<\/a>, and his having second thoughts about including religion in his sci-fi writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And via Brad Matthies, things to do when the internet is down<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If all of the above is not as strange as what you were hoping for, then SF Signal has a video about Corsican musicians who have set poetry by H. P. Lovecraft to bluegrass music. No, seriously!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"