Tag Archives: Ayn Rand

The First Cut is the Deepest: Thoughts about Editing, the Morning After #writingwednesdays

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Atlas Shrugged, autoethnography, Ayn Rand, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, J.R.R. Tolkien, On Writing, Stephen King, The Lord of the Rings, The Stand, writing | 28 Comments

Despite what C.S. Lewis Says, David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus is the Worst Book Ever

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Voyage to Arcturus, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Darko Suvin, H.P. Lovecraft, Justin Bieber, News from Nowhere, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, Ransom Trilogy, William Morris, William Shatner, writing | 58 Comments

William Morris’ Nonsense from Nowhere

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 | 22 Comments

The SHANWAR List: The Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

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 | 23 Comments

Great Links: Allusions in “The Screwtape Letters” and Popular Authors on Lewis

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Anyone with a bit of knowledge of English literature who picks up The Screwtape Letters knows that beneath the letters there is a wealth C.S. Lewis’ own reading. There are always echoes of the canon of literature in Lewis’ work, … Continue reading →