“The Hobbit…will be funniest to its youngest readers, and only years later, at a tenth or a twentieth reading, will they begin to realise what deft scholarship and profound reflection have gone to make everything in it so ripe, so friendly, and in its own way so true.”
A World for Children
(First published 10/2/1937 in The Times Literary Supplement)
QUIZ: September 19, 2013
It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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?
Introducing The Inklings (CSLM-24)
Any hard-core fan of C.S. Lewis knows who The Inklings are…but if you’re not such a fan you probably don’t have an inkling of what I mean!
Lewis’s Slow Conversion (CSLM-13)
LISTEN TO AUDIO/PODCAST VERSION Many people take their time making important decisions, but you may not believe how long it took C.S. Lewis to go from believing in God to becoming a Christian. It was in the spring or summer of 1929 when Lewis, at the age of 30, to quote his autobiography, “admitted that …
Lewis Connection to Hobbits (061)
2012 marks the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, plus the first of three Hobbit movies is coming out this year…but what does this have to do with C.S. Lewis? As you may know, J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis were colleagues and friends at Oxford University. You might not be aware that five years before The Hobbit …