FACT OF THE DAY:
That Hideous Strength, a book from Lewis’s Sci-Fi trilogy, was published today (8/16) in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one. ”
That Hideous Strength
(Published in 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
A new edition of what non-fiction book was published this month?
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Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis that became available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be found in a large variety of his writings. So it is of no surprise that when Lewis finally agreed to return to the microphone for another series of radio talks this was the theme. These talks were recorded in London on the 19th and 20th in 1958, but they were not done for the BBC (as his previous radio work was). It was the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation from the United States who had made the request. Eventually the material from these talks were extended to become The Four Loves.
FACT OF THE DAY:
“On the Death of Charles Williams” (“To Charles Williams” in Poems) was first published in the August, 1945 issue of Britain Today.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. ”
Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/2/1954
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis edited three books during his life, each about another writer. Two of them were about the same author. Who was that writer?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything. ”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
This month in 1943 Lewis was a guest on what BBC program?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 came out in the US today (7/24) in 1991 (three months after its release in the UK).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences are misleading, we are always misled.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who came up with the name “The Chronicles of Narnia” for the entire series of books?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today (7/17) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Clipsie is the chief duffer’s daughter in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but what does her name mean?
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Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book resulting from speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the death of Joy.
When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled to start in late September, the book Broadcast Talks was released on the 13th in 1942. Unlike the later books released after each of his last two series, this book contained no additional material. They were merely five chapters each to match what was on the air. The only difference had to do with the order of the chapters from the first series.
Highlights for the final third of June (22nd – 30th) include: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and more talk from Screwtape about the “law of Undulation.”
As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at a variety of places, but on the 22nd in 1950 it happened to be at the Eagle and Child. When they came together at this location it was unusual for them to actually read any of their works. Nevertheless, this was a special occasion, as Lewis brought the galley proofs of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Membership” was published in the June 1945 issue of Sobornost. Previously it was a talk given in February to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius in Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us.”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the cousin who visits Narnia for the first time in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader?
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Highlights for the second third of June (12nd – 21st) include: the birthday of his closest friend, beginning his longest employment and an explanation of “an old textbook method” that the devils use.
Warnie LewisLewis was the youngest in his family. His only sibling was his brother, Warren who was nearly three-and-half years older. Born on the 16th in 1895, the elder brother became close friends with his junior over the years. This doesn’t mean they had the same interests, in fact, a major difference in their tastes from their younger years turns out to be a pretty good summary of their most outstanding talents. Lewis from his early days was intrigued by fairy tales and fantasy stories. Warnie had more of an interest in history.
