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		<title>Session #29: July 14th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-29-july-14th-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Today is France&#8217;s Independence Day! Thank you to all of you who braved the pouring rain to attend today&#8217;s session, the last session before the summer &#8220;vacation&#8221;. Today, we quickly read through chapters 3-6 and discussed some of the worksheet questions. In particular, we discussed about Ransom&#8217;s and Weston&#8217;s philosophies of life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #27: June 9th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-27-june-9th-2010-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Out of the silent planet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia First of all, a very big thank you to all of you who attended today. I know some members have suffered personal bereavements, and for that reason some were unable to attend today. My thoughts go to them. Today, we read almost all of chapter 1 of C.S. Lewis&#8216; science-fiction story Out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #28: June 23rd, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-28-june-23rd-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chapter 2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Out of the silent planet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia We had a good turnout today, despite the heavy rain in the morning. A big thank-you to all of you who attended today. First, we discussed about the definition of science fiction, and the difference between science fiction and fantasy. We also talked about Lewis&#8217; own ideas on science fiction. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #27: June 9th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-27-june-9th-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cover of Space Trilogy In this session we will start to read the first book of C.S. Lewis&#8216; science fiction trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet. I shall bring photocopies of the first chapter, just in case. The Japanese translation is titled   沈黙の惑星を離れて―マラカンドラ 火星編 (別世界物語. I am now reading a biography of C.S. Lewis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session #26 (May 26th) report. Sessions 27 and 28</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/sesssion-26-may-26th-report-sessions-27-and-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fairy tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cover via Amazon Yesterday’s session (#26) was the last one on C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. At the end of the session, I proposed our next book: C.S. Lewis’ science fiction story for adults, “Out of the Silent Planet”. This is not a long book, but it is more challenging. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 26: May 26th, 2010 – Chps 14-17 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 16:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The next session will be on Wednesday, May 26th. We will discuss the last few chapters of &#8220;The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe&#8221;, and also discuss the book as a whole. What whall we read next? To prepare for this session, please answer the following questions: Why do you read? Which parts (episodes, phrases, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC dramatization of Narnia story</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/bbc-dramatization-of-narnia-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just discovered a video I have of a BBC dramatization of the &#8220;Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe&#8221; story, made perhaps 15 years ago. I shall try to remember to bring the video next time, in case anyone wants to see it. It is in English, of course, and with no subtitles; but of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 25: April 21st, 2010 – Chps 11-13 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-25-april-21st-2010-%e2%80%93-chps-11-13-of-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-25-april-21st-2010-%e2%80%93-chps-11-13-of-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pudding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Pudding Originally uploaded by Turkinator While eating some Christmas pudding, also called plum pudding, we summarized and discussed chapters 11-13 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our next session will be the last Wednesday in May, May 26th. We will summarize and discuss the last chapters of the book. In addition, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 24: March 24th, 2010 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, chps 7-10</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-24-march-24th-2010-%e2%80%93-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-chps-7-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edmund Pevensie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Session #24 was held on Wednesday, March 24th, [Correction] 3-5 pm. We  heard summaries of chapters 7-10 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and discused them. We began reading chapter 11, and heard a brief report about another C.S. Lewis book, Till We Have Faces. Update: Today we discussed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The meaning of &#8220;shadowlands&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/the-meaning-of-shadowlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aslan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Battle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Shadowlands is the title of a book and the movie made from the book, about C. S. Lewis&#8216; marriage. In the movie, C.S. Lewis mentions the word &#8220;shadowlands&#8221;: he explains that it was the title of a story he wrote. &#8220;Shadowlands&#8221; referred to a place in shadow &#8211; the sun shone somewhere [...]]]></description>
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