This is the sixth of seven shows in a special series on the books in the Narnia series. Previously this program had not been share on All About Jack because it was created for another venture (that is now inactive). Returning to help co-host is Dr. Crystal Hurd. Dr. Lou Markos (author of On the Shoulders of Hobbits, Restoring Beauty and …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out today (6/27) in 1963 (first published 5/2/55). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first. “ First and Second Things (Published in …
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though …
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (5/2) in 1955 we found out how Narnia began with The Magician’s Nephew being first published! – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” …
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth …
FACT OF THE DAY: “Ministering Angels” is a short story by Lewis first published in the January, 1958 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present to us: it is the very sign of His …
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out today (6/27) in 1963 (first published 5/2/55).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first. ”
First and Second Things
(Published in Time and Tide on 6/27/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What are Hrossa in Out of the Silent Planet?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though not their sins.”
Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Someone very close to Lewis was born this month; who was it?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (5/2) in 1955 we found out how Narnia began with The Magician’s Nephew being first published!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.”
The Magician’s Nephew
(Published on 5/2/1955)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis once spoke about writing for children that didn’t give advice about writing for children; what was the title of the talk?
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Highlights for the first third of May (1st – 10th) include: Publication of a book about how Narnia started, the debut of Wormwood’s uncle and the release of a revised Miracles.
Over a decade apart on the exact same day two major events occurred in Lewis’s life during the first third of May. The origins of Narnia finally became known and the first of thirty-one soon to be famous letters were released. If you are even vaguely familiar with Lewis, then you are aware that I’m speaking of The Magician’s Nephew and the start of The Screwtape Letters.
The Magician’s Nephew came out on the 2nd in 1955, just eight months after the previous Narnia story (The Horse and His Boy). This was the shortest
