Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on this date in 1942, containing the initial two radio series on the BBC.
It was also on this day in 1960 that Joy Davidman, Lewis’s wife died, after losing her battle with cancer.
Quote: July 12, 2013
“Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].”
The Screwtape Letters – XI
(first published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)
Fact: July 12, 2013
First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock.
Quiz: July 12, 2013
What was the name of the person who was going to be sent where Ransom ended up going in Out of the Silent Planet?
Quote: July 11, 2013
“I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.”
Letter to Arthur Greeves
(from Collected Letters, Volume 1 on 7/11/1916)
Fact: July 11, 2013
The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on this date in The Guardian in 1941. It dealt with the four causes of laughter.
Quiz: July 11, 2013
What award did The Last Battle win?
Quote: July 10, 2013
“The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.”
“The Necessity of Chivalry”
(Published in Present Concerns on July 10, 1986)
Quiz: July 10, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
Fact: July 10, 2013
Present Concerns, an essay collection, came out on this day in 1986. At the time all 19 essays had not been previously published since Lewis’s death.