Tag Archives: H.P. Lovecraft

Weekend Events: Mythcon 51: A Virtual Halfling Myth (Still Time To Register!) + Colin Duriez on “Death, Dante, and Dorothy Sayers”

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Mythcon 51: A Virtual Halfling Mythcon (Jul 31-Aug 1, 2021) Out of the disarray and disruption of COVID19, fan gatherings and academic conferences have done a solid job of reinventing themselves. Recent Mythmoot and Tolkien Society conferences have been quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christina Rossetti, Colin Duriez, Dorothy L. Sayers, H.P. Lovecraft, Mythcon, Mythmoot, Neil Gaiman, the Tolkien Society | 4 Comments

The Faithful Imagination, a Review by Allison McBain Hudson

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Ricke, Joe, and Ashley Chu, eds. The Faithful Imagination: Papers from the 2018 Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends. Hamden, CT: Taylor University, 2019. The title of this volume refers to the theme of the eleventh Biennial … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Crystal Hurd, Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, H.P. Lovecraft, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joe Rickey, L.M. Montgomery, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sehnsucht, Taylor University | 7 Comments

1,000th Post Party!

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s the 1,000th post on A Pilgrim in Narnia! Huzzah! I began this blog way back in 2011 as a sandbox project for thoughts about C.S. Lewis’ writings. “Pilgrimage” was a word-picture I was using a lot for my life … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Discworld, Earthsea, Field of Arbol, H.P. Lovecraft, Harry Potter, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Lilliput, Middle Earth, Narnia, Númenor, Neil Gaiman, New Urth, Oz, Panem, Prince Edward Island, Ringworld, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Enderverse, The Great Divorce | 38 Comments

2018: A Year of Reading: The Nerd Bit

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

“With such wishes for the New Year as still seem possible” ~ C.S. Lewis to his father from the trenches in France during WWI “Is there any point in wishing each other a happy New Year? Well, yes, I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Goodreads, H.P. Lovecraft, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, Narnia, Octavia E. Butler, Reading, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, William Gibson | 24 Comments

When Books Went To War: Guest Post by Trevor Brierly

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I am always on the lookout for great resources that helps me get into the critical moments behind the Inklings–the close of the Victorian era, the birth of fantasy and SF, the death of Tennysonian poetry in WWI, the emergence … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, Bram Stoker, Dracula, H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, Molly Guptill Manning, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Reading, Sidney, Smith of Wootton Major, Verlyn Flieger, When Books Went to War, WWII | 11 Comments

Stephen King, Dawn of the Dead, and the Culture of 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have talked before how I found Stephen King‘s On Writing in a bargain bin in the street, and how that discovery catapulted me toward a dozen years of constant writing since. The novel I sat down to write after reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged 9/11, Dawn of the Dead, George Romero, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Johnny Cash, Mel Gibson, mythology, On Writing, Sarah Polley, Stephen King, Supernatural Horror in Literature, The Blair Witch Project, The Passion of the Christ, Zack Snyder, zombies | 13 Comments

H.P. Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature”

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I am in the midst of an extended reading of Stephen King‘s Dark Tower Cycle, including the extra books that connect most intimately with King’s great mythic universe (see Mathew Olson’s essay here; I’m rereading ‘Salem’s Lot now with Wolves … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 'Salem's Lot, Dagon, Danse Macabre, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, literary criticism, literary history, Literary Theory, Stephen King, Supernatural Horror in Literature, The Dark Tower, The Wolves of the Calla | 19 Comments

“Men must endure their going hence”: The Idea of Death in C.S. Lewis’s “Out of the Silent Planet”: Guest Post by Levi Nunnink

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Today I’d like to feature a reflection by podcaster Levi Nunnink. Aspiring artists Levi Nunnink and Rosalyn Lee host the Culturezoo podcast. Levi and Rosalyn will read a comic, watch a movie, or read a book and discuss it in detail–sort … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged Battlefield Earth, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Out of the Silent Planet, podcast, Ransom Cycle, Space Trilogy, The War of the Worlds | 18 Comments

A Weekend of Reading to Change Your Literary Life

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

If you are like me, you have spent much of your adult life as a reader catching up on a severe lack of education. It is common that I am out with friends and when the topic of books comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Williams, Charlotte Brontë, Goethe, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Reading, Shakespeare, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Virginia Woolf, William Morris | 39 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 →