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Hey, folks, because of a contractual obligation every week, we have to bring on a really boring guest.

But you know what?

It pays the bills.

John's Merrick.

Welcome.

Thank you, Eric. Oh, I don't mean you.

No, I don't mean you.

Of course, of course I didn't mean you.

No, no, no, no.

Seriously, John, every time we talk to you every week, it's fun and look forward to it.

And I guess the only question is what shall we talk about today? Let me,

let's see. You wrote something recently about C.S. Lewis. Can we talk about that?

Sure, sure. I don't know. I think everybody has a first experience of reading certain important books.

And I remember when I first read the third volume in his space trilogy.

Now, not everybody knows, I guess, C.S. Lewis saw how effective people like H.G. Wells were at spreading Darwinous materialism through wonderfully

written, well-told science fiction stories that conveyed these shallow, terrible, soul-destroying

worldviews. And C.S. Lewis decided, I can use this power for good instead of evil.

And he wrote three books about space travel.

One imagines a trip to Mars.

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