7/9-15 Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes

Welcome to Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes! Below you’ll see seven quotes selected from a variety of Lewis’s works over the years that are related to this week (or month). There is also a special video version of this for my YouTube channel, Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis, and an audio-only version via my podcast, All …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/15

FACT OF THE DAY: It All Began with a Picture was an essay published in Radio Times today (7/15) in 1960 telling how #CSLewis got the idea for #Narnia.  – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.” It All Began with …

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 15th

FACT OF THE DAY:

It All Began with a Picture was an essay published in Radio Times today (7/15) in 1960 telling how #CSLewis got the idea for #Narnia.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.”

It All Began with a Picture
(Published in Radio Times on 7/15/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One of the saddest events in Lewis’s life happened this month; what was it?
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RETROSPECT: July 11th – 21st

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.