The book of the Sci-Fi trilogy, That Hideous Strength, was published today (8/16) in 1945.
Month: August 2013
QUIZ: August 16, 2013
What fictional book was published this month under another name than when published ten years before?
QUOTE: August 15, 2013
[Screwtape Advises:] “Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that ‘suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.”
The Screwtape Letters – XVI
(first published in The Guardian on 8/15/1941)
FACT: August 15, 2013
A previously unpublished essay by Lewis was the lead title piece in Christian Reunion published today in 1990.
QUIZ: August 15, 2013
What did Lewis do this month that made the publication of the Narnia books possible?
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QUIZ: August 14, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words): “There is wishful thinking in Hell as well _____ _____ _____ .”
QUOTE: August 14, 2013
“We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly (from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 8/14/1954)
FACT: August 14, 2013
Voyage to Venus by C.S. Lewis was published today in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943 (2nd of Sci-Fi trilogy).
Fact: August 13, 2013
The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given today in 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law.” BUT this 2nd talk is called “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity and is chapter 3 of book one.