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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged abducted by aliens, Book Cover Art, books, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, literature, Ransom Trilogy, Science Fiction, Space Trilogy
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