What was Lewis’s last major critical (professional) book published before his death?
FACT: September 7, 2013
The Silver Chair was first published in the UK on this date in 1953. Happy 60th Anniversary!
QUOTE: September 7, 2013
“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)
QUIZ: September 6, 2013
In That Hideous Strength were does Merlin’s magic come from and how does it relate to J.R.R. Tolkien?
FACT: September 6, 2013
The Horse and His Boy was published today in 1954. It was the fifth published book.
QUOTE: September 6, 2013
“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)
FACT: September 5, 2013
Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was released today in 1966. All the stories are also in The Dark Tower.
QUOTE: September 5, 2013
“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”
(Available in Of Other World published on 9/5/1966)
QUIZ: September 5, 2013
Which Narnia book did Lewis dedicated to (his eventual stepsons) David and Douglas Gresham?
QUOTE: September 4, 2013
“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’ Questions”
(From transcript of fifth BBC broadcast given on 9/3/1941; reprinted in Mere Christianity, Anniversary edition, 1981)