Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Why Did Star Wars Stick? #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s an interesting question. Cheesy lines, over-the-top acting, zippers up the back of the monster’s costume–how many films just like it have found their way into the Betamax bins of history? Yet, Star Wars lives–not only lives, but thrives, growing … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reviews | Tagged #MayThe4thBeWithYou, A New Hope, Dune, film, George Lucas, J.R.R. Tolkien, Larry Niven, May the Fourth, myth, mythopoiea, Ringworld, Science Fiction, Star Wars, That '70s Show, The Force Awakens | 11 Comments

How Screwtape was Introduced to the World

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Next week we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the book that made C.S. Lewis a household name: The Screwtape Letters. It was first serialized in The Guardian, a relatively minor Anglican weekly. Screwtape joins Charles Dickens‘ Bleak House, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Stephen King‘s The Green Mile … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged Dune, Frank Herbert, Out of the Silent Planet, Science Fiction, Screwtape, Stephen King, The Allegory of Love, The Guardian, The Personal Heresy, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters | 48 Comments

How You Can Read C.S. Lewis Chronologically

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I was pleased to post that I had finished reading through C.S. Lewis’ works chronologically–from his earliest childhood letters and those precocious Boxen stories to his last letters, essays, poems, and books. On Tuesday I gave some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, fantasy, literature, Ransom Trilogy, Reading, Science Fiction, The Screwtape Letters, Walter Hooper, writing | 27 Comments

Is Narnia an Allegory?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, On Writing | Tagged allegory, books, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Fictional Universes, J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnia, Ransom Trilogy, Reading, Science Fiction, The Fellowship of the Ring, writing | 68 Comments

The Inklings and Science Fiction: A New Online Class

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Have you considered spending some time expanding your reading this winter? Have you wanted to dig further into classic SF and authors like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? This could be an engaging and inexpensive opportunity. I don’t know of … Continue reading →