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Post by twyrch on Feb 14, 2005 0:30:33 GMT -5
For example, as I have stated elsewhere, I often see Lewis as a Tolkien/Williams syncrotist; it's fun to see their influences on him, and how they come together in odd ways in his writing. From what I have heard, Treebeard was modeled after C. S. Lewis. From his deep voice to his stride and demeanor. Tolkien also fashioned Beren and Luthien after himself and his wife. When they died, those names appear on the gravestones... Very romantic story to hear it all told... |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 14, 2005 19:13:16 GMT -5
There's a virtual tour of Oxford which includes a virtual tour of Tolkien's life, including his gravestone... It was amazing to actually see the 'Beren' and 'Luthien' engraved on it.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 14, 2005 20:08:10 GMT -5
There's a virtual tour of Oxford which includes a virtual tour of Tolkien's life, including his gravestone... It was amazing to actually see the 'Beren' and 'Luthien' engraved on it. They really go into a lot of detail about his life and the influences it had on his writings in the Extended DVDs. That is the best investment I've ever made....  He was an amazing writer. |
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Post by ducklauncher on Feb 21, 2005 0:18:51 GMT -5
So is this a Tolkien thread now?
I love both C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, and I love seeing the influences they have on one another's writing.
Speaking of Lewis again, I'm surprised sometimes at how many people have never heard of him....
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Post by twyrch on Feb 21, 2005 9:12:36 GMT -5
So is this a Tolkien thread now? I love both C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, and I love seeing the influences they have on one another's writing. Speaking of Lewis again, I'm surprised sometimes at how many people have never heard of him.... Yes, this is Lewis's thread... I'm surprised at how many people only know him for the Chronicles of Narnia... He did not only the Space Trilogy, but Screwtape Letters.... Mere Christianity and a slew of other non-fantasy books... |
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Post by Riothamus on Feb 21, 2005 10:14:55 GMT -5
...including The Gread Divorce, which is in my opinion an astounding bit of work.
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 21, 2005 10:32:28 GMT -5
Mere Christianity astounds me.
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Post by Riothamus on Feb 21, 2005 11:38:37 GMT -5
Oh, yes.... Michael York's reading of that on tape was my first introduction into Lewis's nonfiction.
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Post by dinadan on Feb 21, 2005 12:06:06 GMT -5
The Four Loves or Preface to Paradise Lost may be my favorite non-fiction Lewis.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 21, 2005 14:42:28 GMT -5
I think the Screwtape Letters are my favorite non-fantasy... It helped give new thought to spiritual warfare.
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Post by Inkling on Apr 21, 2005 14:57:39 GMT -5
Let's see....Narnia, The Space Trilogy, Till We Have Faces, the Great Divorce, the Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, The Dark Tower, the Weight of Glory...I think I've read most of his works, barring a few non-fiction titles that I haven't gotten aound to yet. (School be darned!) C. S. Lewis has been one of my Top Three Most Influential Writers, ever since I discovered that he wrote more beside Narnia. The workings of his mind always blow me away. I'm surprised at how many people only know him for the Chronicles of Narnia... I think I'll join the Astounded Club with you. I can count the friends of mine who have read something of his other than Narnia on one hand. So sad really. I've been trying out some new Re-education techniques on them involving bribery, discussion, duct tape, Polka marching bands, and hair gel. I'll let you know how it turns out. |
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Post by dinadan on Apr 21, 2005 15:02:48 GMT -5
God knows Lewis has shaped me in tons of ways...but perhaps most profoundly was him as a gateway to Charles Williams--who, I must say, has changed profoundly the way I look at and view not only Christianity, but also poetry, story, drama, and life in general.
Oh, and it's because of Williams that I first read Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling--which may be of the most influential philosophy texts I've ever read.
So, what I'm saying is, Lewis was like a gateway drug for me; I read him and wanted something harder.
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Post by Inkling on Apr 21, 2005 15:18:36 GMT -5
Because of Lewis, I've read War in Heaven, Dorothy Sayers(why don't we have a thread for her?), and probably in a roundabout way, introduced me to Lawhead himself. <refraining from going into storytelling mode>
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Post by dinadan on Apr 21, 2005 15:24:02 GMT -5
You've read War in Heaven!!!
As the only other human being that I know who has read it, I must say that you have made my day. We'll have to talk about it sometime.
Is that the only one of William's novels you've read--if so, you should hunt down a copy of Many Dimensions. I think it may be the best of his novels that I've read, and I'm only missing The Place of the Lion and Shadows of Ecstacy. War in Heaven is probably my #2, closely followed by The Greater Trumps.
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Post by Inkling on Apr 21, 2005 18:36:07 GMT -5
Dinadan, you are, I'm sad to say, the only person, as far as I know, to have read or even heard of Charles Williams. Yes, sadly, War in Heaven is the only Charles Williams book I've read, or been able to find for that matter. If you asked my opinion on it, for now I'd only be able to say that it was extremely interesting and that I'm definitely putting this on my re-read list. I enjoyed it for the most part, but got rather lost in the passages dealing the the Black Mass and John....dang, I don't even remember the name...owing to the fact that I had no idea what any of that was. I can't wait to grab it again and see what more I can get out of it this time. I've been looking for more by Williams, but no success.  Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough...<checks under the bed>...nope |
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Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough...<checks under the bed>...nope