BOOKS - The Book of Feasts and Seasons
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The Book of Feasts and Seasons
Author: John C. Wright
Year: November 29, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.2 MB
Language: English
Year: November 29, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.2 MB
Language: English
THE BOOK OF FEASTS and u0026 SEASONS is a beautifully mind-bending stroll with a grandmaster of science fiction through the annual Catholic calendar. Over the course of the year, from January to December, the author takes his inspiration from ten different holidays and explores their meanings in a series of stories of marvelous imagination. The book begins with New Year's Day and and "The Meaning of Life as Told Me by an Inebriated Science Fiction Writer in New Jersey. and " The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin is represented by and "A Random World of Delta Capricorni Aa, Called Scheddi and ", while and "The Parliament of Beasts and Birds and " is the story for the Feast of Pentecost. The calendar, and the anthology, culminate on Christmas Eve with and "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus and ". John C. Wright is not only a deeply religious man, he is a devout Catholic philosopher who regards reason as an intrinsic aspect of his faith. THE BOOK OF FEASTS and u0026 SEASONS is an imaginative embodiment of that faith taking many different shapes and forms throughout the vast expanse of God's Creation.