Author: William OFlaherty

Lewis Resources on Dr. Diana Glyer’s Site

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

If you have explored the places I’ve highlighted since the beginning of the year you’ve probably noticed many Lewis scholars have websites. Some have material just on Lewis, or like the one this, they have other material in additional to the content related to Lewis. While Dr. Diana Glyer has more than Lewis information than I’ll spotlight here, that just points to the importance of exploring the rest of her site.

Several years ago Glyer contributed to a book where she provided a bibliography of every book-length study of C.S. Lewis. Listed as a main heading on her site as C.S. Lewis Bibliography, this area (as she notes on the page) has a goal of providing “a brief description of the content and also a sense of the quality and importance of this book.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Silver Chair was first published in the UK on this date (9/7) in 1953.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Very likely, what with enemies, and mountains, and rivers to cross, and losing our way, and next to nothing to eat, and sore feet, we’ll hardly notice the weather.”

The Silver Chair
(Published 9/7/1953)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Horse and His Boy was published today (9/6) in 1954. It was the fifth published book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We’re free Narnians, Hwin and I, and I suppose, if you’re running away to Narnia, you want to be one too. In that case Hwin isn’t your horse any longer. One might just as well say you’re her human.”

The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was Lewis’s last major critical (professional) book published before his death?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was released today (9/5) in 1966. All the stories are also in The Dark Tower.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“No man would find an abiding strangeness on the Moon unless he were the sort of man who could find it in his own back garden.”

On Stories
(Published in Of Other Worlds on 9/5/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Aside from the Narnia books, how many fictional books were published by Lewis in his lifetime (excluding poetry)?
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The Christian World of The Hobbit Series (Re-post)

William OFlaherty All About Jack

Back in late 2012 I released a five-part mini-series about a book that had just come out called The Christian World of the The Hobbit by Dr. Devin Brown. This was before the first of three movies hit the big screen. Now that the final major motion picture is coming out in three months I thought it would be a great time to re-post the entire series. Normally I just post one show a week (even when posting a previously released episodes), but because I’m moving my podcast hosting and I have an upcoming new series I decided to re-release them over a five day period. So far the first two shows are posted.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (9/4) in 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.”

Answers to Listeners’ Question transcript
(BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many languages has the Chronicles of Narnia been translated into?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 3rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published today (9/3) in 1960 in Time and Tide as “Haggard Rides Again.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can receive it. ”

Haggard Rides Again
(Published in Time and Tide on 9/3/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote: “Stagnation, my dear boy, what is more soul destroying than stagnation?”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 2nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Condemned” is a poem first published as “Under Sentence” on September 7, 1945 in The Spectator.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If nothing, or nothing we recognise comes through, we imagine [God] has let us down and reject Him, perhaps at the very moment when help was on its way.. . .”

Letter to Mrs. Lockley on 9/2/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How old was Lewis when his first book was published and what was it?
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RETROSPECT: September 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for September 1-11 include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.

Time CoverThe number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life. An additional title, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis, is a lesser known collection of quotes first available in March, 1968, but was published as a paperback on the 9th in 1980.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“God in the Dock” was published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September ’48 in Lumen Vitae.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock.”

Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers
(Published in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What two Narnia books were released this month a year apart almost to the day?
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