On this day (10/20) in 1949 the last reported Thursday Inklings meeting occurred according to Lewis’s brother’s diary.
Month: October 2013
FACT: October 19, 2013
A new edition of Dymer, Lewis’s last poetry book was published today (10/19) in 1950. It included a new preface.
QUIZ: October 19, 2013
What radio talk was illegally published? (Hint: It’s from the third broadcast series)
QUOTE: October 19, 2013
“From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. But it throws off what may be called systems of imagery.”
Preface to Dymer (1950 Edition)
(Published 10/19/1950)
QUOTE: October 18, 2013
“Evil comes from the abuse of free will.”
The Problem of Pain
(Published 10/18/1940)
QUIZ: October 18, 2013
What fictional work came out as a second edition during the month of October?
FACT: October 18, 2013
The Problem of Pain, Lewis’s first apologetic book was published today (10/18) in 1940. (Some say it was on the 14th)
QUOTE: October 17, 2013
[Screwtape Complains:] “The real trouble about the set your patient is living in is that it is merely Christian. They all have individual interests, of course, but the bond remains mere Christianity.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXV – The Enemy Loves Platitude
(First published in The Guardian on 10/17/1941)
QUIZ: October 17, 2013
“They smell battle, said ________, pointing at the birds. They know we’re preparing a feed for them.”
Which character said this in which Narnia book?
FACT: October 17, 2013
The 25th Screwtape Letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. Its subtitle was “The Enemy Loves Platitude.”