C.S. Lewis Fans

11 March 2008 @ 02:05 pm

A question

In the 3rd chapter of 'The Discarded Image' Lewis discusses the scene from Lucan's 'Pharsalia', where ghost of Pompey "looked down and saw the mockeries done to his own corpse, which was having a wretched and hugger-mugger funeral. They made him laugh". "For Englishmen - Lewis continues - the passage, as it is well known, has another and more particular interest". Excuse me my ignoranse of 'well known' things - I'm not an Englishman after all - but what does he mean? I don't recall anything of the sort in "Hamlet" :)

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notashot

04 February 2008 @ 01:05 pm

Here is a Youtube Series loosely based on the Screwtape Letters. I thought you all might like it. This is the first one but there are eight more.

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godswraith

17 January 2008 @ 05:20 pm

If your in the area.....

Beyond the Wardrobe: An Evening with C.S. Lewis

J.T. Turner brings the famous author of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to life in this one man show. Lewis shares his life story with the audience, including the development of his Christian apologetics, his science fiction works, and of course the Narnia series.

Learn about the amazing life journey of Lewis,from an unremarkable atheist teacher
to one of the most beloved authors and passionate Christians in the world.

Friday & Saturday
February 1,2, 7:30pm

Sunday
February 3, 3pm

Tickets $15

Part of the proceeds will benefit the West Gloucester Congregational Trinitarian Church

Performances at The West End Theater, 1 Washington St., Gloucester, Ma.

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dreamflower02

02 January 2008 @ 10:34 am

A Narnia Fic

I recently participated in a Fic exchange, and wrote my very first Narnia story. It's post The Last Battle, and so will contain spoilers for that book. C.S. Lewis himself makes a cameo appearance in the story.

Here's the link:

OUTLIVING THE UNIVERSE

http://dreamflower02.livejournal.com/257853.html

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sylvanus

29 November 2007 @ 05:21 pm

Happy Birthday

Spent a very enjoyable day with my students celebrating Jack Lewis's birthday. ( The day's events... )In preparation, I was struck again and again by the centrality of the resurrection in the stories and lives of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien: the worst possible thing becoming the greatest. Eucatastrophe!

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sonneta

29 November 2007 @ 10:20 am

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing: 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?' We want, in fact, not so much a Father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven- a senile benevolence who, as they say, 'liked to see young people enjoying themselves,' and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, 'a good time was had by all'. Not many people, I admit, would formulate a theology in exactly those terms: but a conception not very different lurks in the back of many minds. I do not claim to be an exception: I should very much like to live in a universe which was governed on such lines. But since it is abundantly clear that I don't, and I have reason to believe, nevertheless, that God is Love, I conclude that my conception of love needs correction.

~C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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thoughtful

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chewbekka

28 November 2007 @ 06:07 pm

"I had not noticed either that just as men spontaneously praise what ever they value, so they spontaneously urge us to join them in praising it: "Isn't she lovely? Wasn't it glorious? Don't you think that magnificent?" The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about."
C.S. Lewis
Reflections on the Psalms

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chewbekka

27 November 2007 @ 06:18 pm

"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easliy pleased."
C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory

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dreamflower02

27 November 2007 @ 01:55 pm

Narnia fic

I have just finished my very first Narnia fic, and I wondered if there is anyone on the list who would like to beta it for me? I'd prefer someone from the UK, as I am American, and it needs to be "Brit-picked".

If you are interested, please comment.

Current Music: the new age channel

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chewbekka

26 November 2007 @ 08:56 am

"Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor."
-The Problem of Pain
--C.S. Lewis

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chewbekka

14 November 2007 @ 10:39 pm

"You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness."'
-The Weight of Glory
--C.S. Lewis

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slyfoot

14 November 2007 @ 04:58 pm

Preface To Paradise Lost Online?

Hey folks.

I seem to remember seeing A Preface to Paradise Lost somewhere online a couple of years ago, but I can't remember where I saw it, or whether I actually did see the text online. Does anyone know?

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chewbekka

11 November 2007 @ 11:28 pm

"You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation that by looking at a house he has built."
-Mere Christianity
--C.S. Lewis

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chewbekka

10 November 2007 @ 11:05 pm

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."
-Out of the Silent Planet
--C.S. Lewis

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palliechen

12 July 2007 @ 10:33 am

Day Trip to Oxford

Hi everyone! Two entries ago I asked for some recommendations about making a day trip to Oxford. And now I'm back from the trip (for more than a month already, actually) to give some of my own for whoever interested in visiting Oxford.

( Only if you're interested to visit Oxford... )

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ghostsanddreams

17 May 2007 @ 01:45 am

Neil Gaiman does Narnia...

In one of his newest books of short stories "Fragile Things" Neil Gaiman has a story called "The Problem of Susan" which kind of touches on Susan after the railway crash.

Sort of.

HOWEVER... I should warn everyone... it is a rather bizarre story. And somewhat dirty at times. And VERY dirty at others, especially in one particularly strange dream sequence in which certain characters do some very... out of character... things.

I guess it just interested me seeing a popular writer writing a short story about Narnia, though it definately isn't very "Narnian." And would possibly disgust Lewis if he were alive to see it, though you never know.

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palliechen

11 April 2007 @ 04:26 pm

An Oxford Day-Trip

Hi! This is my very first post to this community, and I need some recommendations/suggestions from people who have been to Oxford before...

I will be visiting London next month and I intend to make a day-trip at Oxford. I found out about the C.S. Lewis tour that Ron Brind gives via Google. I have read positive and negative comments about the guy and the tour, so I am still undecided on whether I should go for it. Some of my considerations includes the cost of the tour, how much more "value added-ness" will the tour give, compared to exploring Oxford (and the places related to C.S. Lewis) on my own, and alternatively whether or not it is easy enough to get around the sites by walking? I understand that the tour fee is supposedly voluntary, but the fact that there is a "suggested amount" on the website says something.

Given sufficient time, I would usually prefer to explore places on my own because I think it creates a more lasting memory, but my concern is whether I am able to go to all the sites by myself.

So what would you advise me to do? Comments appreciated! :)

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leia_naberrie

22 January 2007 @ 07:43 am

Greetings and a Question about the Dark Tower

Hello everyone!

I’ve been a Narnia fan ever since the summer of 2003 when I somehow managed to read all six books and pass my School Cert at the same time. :D I’m really excited to find this community.

I’ve been buying up and reading a lot of his works and I’d like to know more about ‘The Dark Tower’ anthology. From what I read on wikipedia, there’s a lot of speculation about its authenticity. Has anyone here read it? And if you have, do you think it is a CS Lewis work? [I’ve read ‘Out of the Silent Planet’ and ‘Perelandra’ so do not be alarmed at spoiling me for those two.]

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godswraith

07 January 2007 @ 07:12 pm

Recommendation

I don't want to spoil the read, but for all you Lewis fan I recommend Here There Be Dragons, by James Owens. Its listed as a Young Adult novel, but I loved it, and I think many Lewsi fans will as well. there is a nice Lewis connection to it.

Happy New year!

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ghostsanddreams

24 October 2006 @ 05:50 am

The Abolition of Man.

I just made a big post about it here in my journal.

Comments appreciated, preferably in my actual journal.

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