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The Silver Chair.
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:08 am » in Books
Has a door which is very similar to that it H.G. Wells's The Door in the Wall
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The Door in the Wall
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:07 am » in Books
A child goes through a door and plays in a paradisical world for an afternoon. The door appears for him again at various times through his life, but...
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:06 am » in Books
Eustace, having turned into a dragon, is turned back into a boy by having his dragon skin removed, illustrating Lewis's idea that grace was within...
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The Starry Sky Within
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:58 am » in Books
Anna Henchman shows how new scientific discoveries came as a breath of fresh air. It wasn't just scientists who were interested, any educated person...
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Paradise Lost.
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:58 am » in Books
Milton mentions planet Earth , giving a nod to the heliocentric rather than geocentric model of the solar system. It's hard to appreciate just how...
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The Discarded Image
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:55 am » in Books
C.S. Lewis expresses the wish that the medieval model of the universe shouldn't just be thrown out because it has been superseded.
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The Eagle's Nest
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:53 am » in Books
Rubens is not to be blamed for ignorance of optics, but for never having so much as looked at a rainbow carefully
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The Age of Wonder
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:52 am » in Books
Describes how those who we think of as part of the romantic movement were deeply interested in the new scientific discoveries.
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Green Eggs and Ham.
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:05 am » in Books
A classic by Dr Seuss, but unlike the tricksterish Cat in the Hat, we realize that Sam-I-am is working for those in power.
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Trickster Makes This World:
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:01 am » in Books
The title of Hyde's book shows the purpose of the trickster, not to lay down the path of righteousness, but to stop the world becoming ossified and...
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Economic Fables
by system3 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:57 am » in Books
I don't buy into Rubenstein's claim that we should treat economic ideas the way we treat stories.
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