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Tag Archives: Atlas Shrugged
The First Cut is the Deepest: Thoughts about Editing, the Morning After #writingwednesdays
I have just come out of a marathon editing session. I am a fairly prolific writer. This is my 890th post on A Pilgrim in Narnia, which is conservatively around 500,000 words, perhaps as much as 750,000. When I am … Continue reading
Despite what C.S. Lewis Says, David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus is the Worst Book Ever
This may very well be the worst book I have ever read. According to my Goodreads ratings, I have only four other one-star reviews. I can’t remember why I so disliked Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec & Enide, but I remember … Continue reading
William Morris’ Nonsense from Nowhere
One of C.S. Lewis’ great literary conversation partners was William Morris. Lewis wrote literary criticism about him beginning in his first collection of essays (Rehabilitations, 1939, now in Selected Literary Essays). In that early literary essay, delivered first to the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, C.S. Lewis, g k chesterton, George Orwell, Left Behind, libertarianism, Margaret Atwood, News from Nowhere, philosophical novel, Politics, Socialism, The Hunger Games, The Quest of Bleheris, The Well at the Worlds End, Voltaire, William Morris
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The SHANWAR List: The Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read
Winters can be long in these Northern climes. Yesterday I walked to work with white fluffy snowflakes dusting my hair. As gardening friends in Europe and the United States have begun sinking their fingers in dirt, I felt the urge … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, IT, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Ryan, Prince Edward Island, Reading, SHANWAR, Stephen King, The Stand, Tom Clancy, winter
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