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		<title>March meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/march-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our March meeting (thank you to all who attended), we read part IV of "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud.]]></description>
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		<title>February meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/february-meeting-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the hobbit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the worm ouroboros]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In February&#8217;s meeting, we read Batter Up! Part 3 which begins with Bump Bailey&#8217;s death, and ends with Roy having dinner with Memo Paris, Max Mercy and a new character, Gus Sands, a &#8220;bookie&#8221; with a glass eye. We discussed the various meanings of &#8220;hit the wall&#8221;, the associations of worms in English/Western literature and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural &#8211; pre-game</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/the-natural-pre-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[green man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perceval]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we finished reading the first section of Bernard Malamud&#8217;s &#8220;The Natural&#8221;. This first section is called &#8220;Pre-game&#8221;. It ends with a shocking event: Roy Hobbs is shot by a mad girl in a Chicago hotel, before he even has a chance to try out for a baseball team! What we discussed today: the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols (from SparkNotes)</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/sparknotes-the-natural-themes-motifs-and-symbols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthurian legend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camelot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chretian de Troyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Arthur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perceval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Fisher King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Holy Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to appreciate The Natural without some knowledge of the mythological traditions behind it. The most important of these are the legends of the Waste Land and the Fisher King. Malamud loosely based his novel on the story of Sir Perceval and his quest for the Holy Grail, originally recorded in the eleventh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 27th session report</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/april-27th-session-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine de St Exupery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Sand and Stars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are still working our way through an English translation of St Exupery&#8217;s &#8220;Wind Sand and Stars&#8221;.  In today&#8217;s session, we read through and discussed sections 4-6. Our next session will be May 25th. uillaumet lost in the Andes – chapter II, section II, page 30-40 (end of chapter II) Chapter IV (pages 48-62) – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weston&#8217;s disease</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/westons-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[novels of ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hubris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perelandra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scientism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secular humanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weston]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have discovered that there is a name for Weston&#8217;s &#8220;disease&#8221;: it is called scientism. From Wikipedia, Scientism is the idea that natural science is the most authoritative worldview or aspect of human education, and that it is superior to all other interpretations of life.[1] The term is used by social scientists such as Friedrich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #33: November 24th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-33-november-24th-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-33-november-24th-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perelandra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Thank you very much to all of you who attended yesterday&#8217;s session. It was a very interesting discussion! We decided to have one more session on &#8220;Perelandra&#8221;, then we will read a new book, Wind, Sand and Stars (click the link to buy or to see the details of the book on Amazon Japan) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #32: October 20th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-32-october-20th-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-32-october-20th-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perelandra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia New Update: Another theme we discussed in this session was that &#8220;reality&#8221; is not real! To be more specific, our everyday reality masks or hides a different reality which is hiding behind it. The part of Perelandra which expresses this idea is in Chapter 2 where the character Lewis talks about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #31: September 22nd, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-31-september-22nd-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-31-september-22nd-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cslewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perelandra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia In this session, we will finish answering the questions about &#8220;Out of the Silent Planet&#8221;, and begin reading the second book in this science fiction trilogy, Perelandra.  This story deals with several important matters regarding Christianity. Reading this story is a good way to learn about Christian values. Anyone is welcome. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #30: September 8th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-30-september-8th-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-30-september-8th-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine de St Exupery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bernard malamud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out of the silent planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perelandra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Thank you to all of you who attended today. I was surprised to see so many people. We went over the answers to the questions for &#8220;Out of the Silent Planet&#8221;, but we did not finish them: we did up to p. 22, question 8. We decided to continue next time. We also decided to [...]]]></description>
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