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Tag Archives: C.S.Lewis
Tornadoes, the stars, and eternity
I aim to minimize the amount of un-commented-on books in 2020, so here follows some housekeeping! Back in February, I read Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather. It opened with the importance of climate to the various … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, C.S.Lewis, Christian literature, religion, science, weather
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Becoming Mrs Lewis
Becoming Mrs Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis © 2018 Patti Callahan 415 pages Few books transfix me in the way that Becoming Mrs Lewis did; I suppose it helps to have a strong affection … Continue reading
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War © 2014 Joseph Loconte 256 pages When some future Gibbon writes of the Decline and Fall of Western Civilization, he will have to devote a great deal of attention to the Great … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, Inklings, JRR Tolkien, literature, LOTR, Narnia, The Great War
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Further Up and Further In
Further Up and Further In: Understanding Narnia © 2018 Joseph Pearce 200 pages ”The further up and the further in you go, the bigger everything gets.” – The Last Battle Christendom and Narnia are never far removed from one another, … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, English Literature, Joseph Pearce, literature, Narnia
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The Letters of CS Lewis
Letters of C.S. Lewis © 2017 Harper Collins Edited by Warren Lewis and Walter Hooper 688 pages After the death of his younger brother, Warren Lewis released a collection of his letters for posterity’s sake. Perhaps it was to repay … Continue reading
Surprised by Joy
Surprised by Joy© 1955 C.S. Lewis252 pages “When I first read Chesterton, I did not know what I was in for. God is, if I may say it, quite unscrupulous.” Mention the name C.S. Lewis and the image of a … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Britain, C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, literature, philosophy, religion
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Podcast of the Week: Lewis, Tolkien, and the Great War
This week I’m highlighting #272 of the Art of Manliness podcast, an interview with the author of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War. This book examines C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s role in the Great War and delves … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Of Boys and Men, Podcast of the Week
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Short rounds: explosives and Martians
Tonight I finally gave up on Hayduke Lives!, the sequel to Edward Abbey’s Monkey Wrench Gang. The plot only arrives four-fifths of the way into the book, having been preceded by lots of stream-of-consciousness rambling, pointless arguments, and enough breast … Continue reading
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Tagged American Southwest, C.S.Lewis, Christian literature, CS Lewis, Edward Abbey, fantasy, science fiction
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Images of CS Lewis’ World
CS Lewis: Images of his World © 1973 Douglas R Gilbert, Clyde S Kilby 144 pages Last year I was tasked with the lamentable duty of weeding our history, literature, and science sections, and so in consequence spent several weeks methodically … Continue reading
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