-
Connect & Follow!
Like us on Facebook
-
Recent Posts
- Is Narnia an Allegory? (A Friday Feature from the Vault)
- On The Importance of Having a Permit, Or Truth-Telling and Our Response to Charlottesville
- Infodump and Identification: Thinking about Fantastic First Pages with Anne McCaffrey
- Signum University Fall Registration
- Reading the Great Divorce: Friday Feature Podcast
- Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms and The Revised Psalter by C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot
- WANTED: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Pop Culture Preceptor @SignumU
- Malcolm Guite on Joy, Word, and Mythopoeia in J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings (Feature Friday)
Most Popular Posts
Archives
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- 3 Day Novel Contest academic apologetics art Bible Blogging books C.S. Lewis Canada Charles Williams children's literature Christmas Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis Death Dorothy L. Sayers Education faerie fantasy Fictional Universes film film adaptation George MacDonald Harry Potter heaven hell imagination Inklings J.K. Rowling J.R.R. Tolkien Joy Davidman letters lion the witch and the wardrobe literary criticism literature Lord of the Rings love Madeleine L'Engle Marion E. Wade Center Middle Earth myth mythopoiea Narnia On Writing Out of the Silent Planet Oxford Peter Jackson philosophy Poetry pop culture Prince Edward Island Ransom Trilogy Reading religion research Science Fiction Screwtape Signum University Stephen King Surprised by Joy Teaching Terry Pratchett That Hideous Strength The Four Loves The Great Divorce The Hobbit theology Theology of Culture The Screwtape Letters Tolkien University Walter Hooper war writing WWI WWII
Meta
Categories
Blogroll
Posts I Like
Goodreads
Blogs I Follow
Search Results for: not all adventures begin well
Not All Adventures Begin Well: My Review of Peter Jackson’s Adaptation of The Hobbit
Not all adventures begin well. Certainly, as we have it in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a hapless Bilbo Baggins all but stumbles into his first adventure, racing off toward the Lonely Mountain without his handkerchief or his pocketbook. Practically naked without … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged An Unexpected Journey, film, film review, Gollum, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, myth, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
27 Comments
Is Narnia an Allegory? (A Friday Feature from the Vault)
No. It’s not. While tempted to leave it at that and produce the shortest blog of history, I think it is important to let the Narnian himself address the question. C.S. Lewis was, after all, a literary scholar who … Continue reading
Books Long Enough for Tea (a post about a lot of nothing)
One of the legendary sayings of C.S. Lewis is that he has never encountered a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit him. His brevity in writing is well known, yet his true love was … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, David Foster Wallace, Dorothy L. Sayers, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, literature, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, Narnia, Reading, Stephen King
34 Comments
12 Reasons not to Write Lord of the Rings, or an Ode Against the Muses
I’ve never understood images of the Muses as seducers. Perhaps I am not truly inspired, but I get the same cold, clammy response from the Muses as I did from girls when I was in Junior High School. Fortunately, I … Continue reading
Is Narnia an Allegory?
No. It’s not. While tempted to leave it at that and produce the shortest blog of history, I think it is important to let the Narnian himself address the question. C.S. Lewis was, after all, a literary scholar who had … Continue reading
Podcast Discussion on the Hobbit Film at All About Jack
I was thrilled to recently record a podcast on The Hobbit film trilogy. William O’Flaherty is producer and host of All About Jack, as well as the energy behind Essential C.S. Lewis, and a guest blogger here on A Pilgrim in Narnia. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links, Reviews
Tagged art, Bilbo, Blogging, books, C.S. Lewis, film adaptation, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, trolls
4 Comments
Is it Time for Radagast the Brown? (and a note on Middle Earth Wizards)
If you are anything like me, a lover of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth who has only slowly explored all the secrets behind The Lord of the Rings, you may have been surprised by Radagast the Brown. I knew he existed, … Continue reading
Another Awesome Day at The Wade
Two years ago I wrote a review of the Marion E. Wade Center. It is unusual, perhaps, to write a review about a library, but my 3-day visit in 2012 changed the course of my academic life. While my most … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged archive, books, C.S. Lewis, Chicago, fantasy, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Marion E. Wade Center, The Screwtape Letters
10 Comments
Pilgrims and Slaves in the Valley of Contemporary Culture
To wander into C.S. Lewis’ fictional worlds is almost always to accompany characters on a journey in that world. All the Narnian stories, I think, have characters on long treks, moving from one place to another. It might be the … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughtful Essays
Tagged Bilbo, C.S. Lewis, Frodo, journey, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, pilgrim, The Hobbit, The Horse and His Boy, Tolkien
20 Comments
Worst Book Description Ever … And a Note on Cover Art for “Out of the Silent Planet”
After five years away from C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy–or, as I prefer to call it, his Ransom Trilogy, since not all the books occur in space–because of my current research I decided to pick it up again. Since I have … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged abducted by aliens, Book Cover Art, books, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, literature, Ransom Trilogy, Science Fiction, Space Trilogy
36 Comments
