Tag Archives: Roger Lancelyn Green

A Thing of Forms Unknown: Thoughts on C.S. Lewis and Horror with Chris Calderon

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Within a longer project on C.S. Lewis and the Ransom Cycle, I have outlined a chapter focussing on some instinctive horror elements in Lewis’ science fiction. I have written up the close readings for the piece, but am missing one … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Classical Mythology, Forms of Things Unknown, Horror, literary criticism, myth, Of Other Worlds, Ray Bradbury, Roger Lancelyn Green, Science Fiction, The Dark Tower, The Outer Limits | 8 Comments

Wherever I Go, That’s Where the Party’s At: Prince Corin as C.S. Lewis’ Harbinger of Joy, Guest Essay by Daniel Whyte IV

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Once again, we are pleased to publish a Narnia essay by Daniel Whyte IV. Daniel is a fantasy and speculative fiction writer whose essays on culture and faith have been published in Relevant, Fathom Magazine, Arc Digital, Tor.com, Speculative Faith, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Ecclesiastes, friendship, Hugo Dyson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnia, owen barfield, Roger Lancelyn Green, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Four Loves, The Horse and His Boy, The Inklings, The Inner Ring, the lion the witch and the wardrobe | 13 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ 1st SciFi Fan Letters, from Evelyn Underhill and Roger Lancelyn Green

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

As part of an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday,” I want to roll back the calendar almost six years, to my early days as a blogger. “Throwback Thursday” is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either … Continue reading →

Posted in Letters, Lewis Biography | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Evelyn Underhill, fan letters, fantasy, Geez, Obama, Out of the Silent Planet, Ransom Trilogy, Roger Lancelyn Green, Science Fiction, SciFi, Sr. Penelope, theology, Utne Reader, writing | 20 Comments

A Timeline for the Creation of Narnia

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Yesterday I shared some Press Association news about a new C.S. Lewis letter that popped up in a Lewis Facebook discussion groups. It really is a neat letter and a great opportunity to see Lewis’ handwriting when he is writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Narnia, Prince Caspian, Roger Lancelyn Green, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The LeFay Fragment, The Magician's Nephew, The Silver Chair, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Walter Hooper, writing | 25 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ Pretty Awful and Peculiarly Interesting Letter on Writing

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

How many times have you heard of the struggling writer providentially bumping into an established author or writing a letter? And then that writer on the edge of hopelessness becomes the recipient of a little piece of advice or encouragement … Continue reading →