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My Whole Existence Is Flawed, You Get Me Closer to God: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Soul

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Disney/Pixar returns to the afterlife in Soul, the story of middle school teacher and jazz musician Joe Gardner (voiced by Jaime Foxx) who winds up in a coma after his body and spirit are separated in an accident. While trying to avoid going into the Great Beyond, Spirit-Joe escapes into the Great Before, where newly created souls are prepared for corporeal existence. There he teams up with 22 (Tina Fey),

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Graham Sleight: Listing to one side

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So it’s clear that one of my sweet-tooths is for lists – but then, it seems, I share that vice with much of the sf/f community. Hence my interest in a recent post on The New Yorker‘s Book Bench blog, on “Seven Essential Fantasy Reads”. The post’s author, Macy Halford, says that: I’ve read a few best-selling fantasy series—Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, His Dark Materials, Twilight, Narnia,

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