{"id":92632,"date":"2023-08-08T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=92632"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:32:30","slug":"love-science-fiction-check-out-new-course-being-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2023\/08\/08\/love-science-fiction-check-out-new-course-being-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Love science fiction? Check out new course being offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in science fiction? Ever wondered about how people in the past imagined the future? 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