QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the exact same book as Perelandra from 1943. …
CSL Daily 08/14/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the exact same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) Learn …
CSL Daily 8/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
CSL Daily 8/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published today (Aug. 14) in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published today (8/14) in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published today (8/14) in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.”
Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from: “…No dog I ever knew, least of all a talking dog of Narnia, likes to be called a ‘good little doggie’ then.”
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RETROSPECT: April 20th – 30th
Highlights for the final third of April (20th – 30th) include: Publication of Perelandra, a talk “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” and Lewis’s first marriage to Joy Davidman.
Before Lewis gain fame from a series of books about a place called Narnia, he had written a trilogy that had a science fiction theme. The second of those books, Perelandra, came out on the 20th in 1943. In it we take a trip to Venus with the main character, Ransom and follow his quest to save that world from impending corruption. In the U.S. it wasn’t released until a year later on the 11th. In 1953 a paperback version came out under the title Voyage to Venus. On some occasions in his life Lewis considered this novel to be his best (this was also said of Till We Have Faces). Perelandra was dedicated “To Some Ladies at Wantage,” as in Wantage,
FACT: August 14, 2013
Voyage to Venus by C.S. Lewis was published today in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943 (2nd of Sci-Fi trilogy).
Fact: August 10, 2013
In August 1953 Lewis’s Perelandra was published as a paperback under the title of Voyage to Venus.