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$\"\"$ I had the privilege of contributing the entry on \u201cReligion and Science Fiction\u201d to a brand new textbook on science fiction.<\/p>\n

The volume consists of a mix of classic and less well known sci-fi stories, interspersed with scholarly essays about the genre.<\/p>\n

The volume is edited by Leigh Grossman, and its title is A Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction<\/a><\/em>. It is published by Wildside Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"