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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 3rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s short story “The Shoddy Lands” was published this month in 1956 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself.”

The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“I have come home at last! The is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now.”
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RETROSPECT: February 1st – 9th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of February (1st – 9th) include: Two more BBC talks from the second series, “What Christians Believe,” an often misunderstood debate and the first book that made Lewis famous.

An idea that started in 1940 led to international fame for Lewis. This is before he gained fame for being the author of The Chronicles of Narnia and even before he was loved as a defender of the Christian faith. A small book containing thirty-one letters set things in motion that made Lewis gain international fame. Although The Screwtape Letters had been released weekly in 1941, it was not until a year later, on the 9th of this month that all of them could be found in one place. The first edition of 2,000 copies sold out even before the date of publication! In fact it was reprinted eight times before the end of 1942. Despite being so popular, it is well known that Lewis actually didn’t enjoy writing it.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on this date (2/1) in 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about ‘misery.'”

The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One of the few times Lewis discuss politics was published in an essay on what date last month (January) in what year (Hint: It related to one of the commandments)?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Later known as “The Invasion,” Lewis’s second talk from his second BBC radio series was given today (1/18) in 1942.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd.”

What Christians Believe
(Second Talk from BBC Broadcast on 1/18/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was the title of the final sermon Lewis preached this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (1/11) in 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God.”

What Christians Believe
(First BBC Broadcast on 1/11/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What academic title was released on what date this month by Lewis?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (12/13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or treatise. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.We must be taught that this tent is not home.”

The Vision of John Bunyan
(Published in The Listener on 12/13/1962)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the first academic title Lewis had published?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Turn of the Tide” is a Lewis poem that was published on 11/1/1948 in Punch (Almanac). Revised version is in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I saw how stories of this kind [fairy stories] could steal past a certain inhabitant which had paralysed much of my own religion in childhood.”

Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said
(First published in The New York Times Book Review on 11/18/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Earlier this month Lewis gave the final talk to what series in what year (and what was the talk?)
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Lewis at the BBC (CSLM-33)

William OFlaherty CSL Minute

Can you image what it was like to be C.S. Lewis preparing for and delivering his radio talks in the 1940’s?

As noted in a previous minute Lewis made his radio debut in August 1941. The result became four series of talks that eventually become known as Mere Christianity. Prior to Justin Phillips writing C.S. Lewis at the BBC there had not been any detailed account of the behind the scenes preparation before and between these historic broadcasts.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 16th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (11/16) in 1966 the US edition of Letters of C.S. Lewis came out. It was edited, with a memoir by W.H. Lewis, his brother.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The remarkable thing about his literary career is that it never occurred to him until a relatively late date that his great achievement would be prose.”

Letters of C.S. Lewis – Memoir by W. H. Lewis
(US edition published 11/16/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Christian Behavior, the third series of talks on the BBC ended earlier this month in 1942; There are twelve chapters in the book version, but how many were actually on the radio?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 8th and final BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 12).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you have gone a certain distance along the Christian road.”

Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the talk Lewis gave this month that was later an essay published that has a question mark in the title.
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