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Monthly Archives: October 2015
A Scary Story-Within-A-Story by John Crowley
Many readers will know that I have a peculiar interest in the story within a story. Part of it comes with the discovery of “The Grand Inquisitor” in my early days. It remains my favourite nested story. I’ve blogged the … Continue reading
Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes
Tagged books, Chucky, faerie, fantasy, Halloween, Horror, John Crowley, literature, Little Big, Story Within a Story
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A Cosmic Find in The Screwtape Letters
I am excited to share this intriguing research breakthrough with all my Pilgrim in Narnia readers.[1] As many of you know, I have been working on C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters for a few years now. It is time to … Continue reading
Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research
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Snigsnozzle: The First Screwtape Copycat by Charles Williams
This is the week of the All Hallows Eve, so what a great time to launch a Screwtape series on A Pilgrim in Narnia. Over the next three weeks we will look at The Screwtape Letters from different angles. On Wednesday … Continue reading
Posted in Memorable Quotes, Original Research
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Halloween in Dark Ages Britain
Originally posted on the traveller's path:
Next weekend is Halloween, so probably this post fits a little better there, but it’s also the end of the month which is when I have my regularly scheduled Year of Reading Lewis…
Posted in Reflections
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Why we Don’t Live in the Future: A #BackToFutureDay Post
I am too young to have seen Star Wars in the theatres. In any case, being humble rural folk, I couldn’t afford the movie ticket and parental bribe needed to get “to town.” That’s also why I missed ET, and … Continue reading
Why Most of Us Will be Disappointed After the Election
Note: Most of my readers are American or British, and may not be overly excited about Canada’s Federal Election happening today. What I’m talking about fits into any of these contexts, and I’ve tried to include some UK and US … Continue reading
C.S. Lewis’ Accidental Autobiography: An Update
C.S. Lewis tried a number of times to write his spiritual autobiography. When in 1930 he had come to a philosophical belief in God, but was not yet a Christian, he gave a start to the story. It has finally … Continue reading
Tolkien‘s ‘immortal four’ meet for the last time
Originally posted on John Garth:
One hundred years ago today, four young men convened in an English town, not having seen each other for some time. What makes this trivial event significant is that one of them was J R…
“Integrity” and “Research”: Two Evils of the University According to C.S. Lewis
In his mid-50s, after a devoting more than 35 years to Oxford as a student and teacher, C.S. Lewis moved to the “other university”: Cambridge. A year or so after taking his Chair, he wrote for The Cambridge Review, … Continue reading