Tag Archives: That Hideous Strength

On Mixing Fantasy with Real Life, A Lesson from Sesame Street (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the latest in a series called “Writing Wednesdays,” focusing on writing resources from the common to the unusual. This one is perhaps a little unusual. For work I am reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point (2000). It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged Big Bird, C.S. Lewis, faerie, fantasy, Harry Potter, Imagine Dragons, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Malcolm Gladwell, Sesame Street, Stevie Wonder, That Hideous Strength, The Tipping Point, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 14 Comments

Two Different Prefaces to C.S. Lewis’ “That Hideous Strength”

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am certain that within long I will be accused of being obsessed with Prefaces. I have posted great prefaces to C.S. Lewis’ The Allegory of Love and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, and I have even published the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reflections | Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, books, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Olaf Stapledon, Ransom Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, The Allegory of Love, writing | 52 Comments

The War of the Worldviews: H.G. Wells vs. C.S. Lewis (Part 2)

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the second part of a two-part series on two early science fiction writers: C.S. Lewis and H.G. Wells. You can read part 1 here, which discusses C.S. Lewis’ reading of Wells and the basic plotline of The War … Continue reading →