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.”
FACT: October 16, 2013
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book of Narnia stories was published today in 1950.
QUOTE: October 16, 2013
“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Published 10/16/1950)