On ch 5: Airmail Paper, of The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman 

 http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/gamecool-books-subtle-knife-by-philip.html  

On Nisan's angelic statuary and unfinished painting; the disastrous coup attempt; and The One Who is Torn Apart:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOizLxOD4E  

 http://xenogearsxenosagastudyguide.blogspot.com/p/xenogears.html  

 http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/bookwarm-games-xenogears.html  

Much obliged to Jason King for taking the time to chat with me about religion and human nature, Dust and destiny. He teaches at St Vincent College (including some Pullman in his course "Aliens, Monsters, Heroes, and Jesus" :) and is coauthor, with Donna Freitas, on the excellent Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman's Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials. 

https://www.stvincent.edu/about/directory-staff/jason-king  

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Imposter-God-Spiritual-Imagination/dp/0787982377 

Big Joe knows. On the Aveh hide-and-seek, waterworks, tournament, and Margie's rescue arc.

 https://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/bookwarm-games-xenogears.html 

 On Ch 4: Trepanning, in The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman

Keats' Letter on Negative Capability

On the search for Citan through the dunes, encounter with Grahf, Fei's dream of his father and Citan's communique with the Emperor, the pirate prince Bart, exploring the cavern, Ol' Man Bal, and the night raid on the hideout. A nice, friendly interlude, basically, before we go rescue Margie. 

 http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/bookwarm-games-xenogears.html 

On ch 3: A Children's World, in The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman.  

Blake, Little Girl Lost and Little Girl Found  

See the Charles Brown interview at  http://web.archive.org/web/20050422032936/http://www.avnet.co.uk/amaranth/Critic/ivpullman.htm 

Much obliged to A.C., curator of the remarkable Xenogears and Xenosaga Study Guide pages. 

Check them out: http://xenogearsxenosagastudyguide.blogspot.com/ 

More reading: http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/bookwarm-games-xenogears.html

Graciously joined by the media and religious commentator Tony Watkins, author of Dark Matter: Shedding Light on Philip Pullman's Trilogy (aka A Thinking Fan's Guide). His website includes the transcript of a remarkable interview with Pullman.

On Fei's exile, his meeting with Elly, through following Citan out into the desert beyond Dazil. Featuring: Big Joe! See http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/bookwarm-games-xenogears.html