Thanks, Edith. I'll be attending one of these in about a week's time. I'll get in touch with Bruce directly. ... of Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal plan to...
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Zachary Bos
naturezak
Mar 16, 2013 11:23 am
Arts & Letters Daily's summary of Alister McGrath's "C.S. Lewis: A Life" in the Washington Post: "C.S. Lewis was a giant of science fiction and Christian...
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Margaret L. Carter
margvamp
Mar 17, 2013 7:07 pm
"C.S. Lewis was a giant of science fiction and Christian apology. But what of his literary scholarship, or his marriage to an American gold digger?" "Gold...
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Linda DeMars
linda@...
Mar 17, 2013 7:56 pm
I agree with you, Margaret about Joy. What is the problem with Lewis' literary scholarship? Linda C. DeMars...
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Mike Foster
mafoster43
Mar 17, 2013 8:13 pm
The recent collection of her letters reveal her as witty, spirited, and a lively companion for Jack Lewis. She did insult a few friends’ wives, however. ...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 17, 2013 9:18 pm
... This no doubt refers to a line in Dirda's review: "That it scants Lewis the literary scholar is nearly my only complaint about Alister McGrath’s [book]" ...
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wendell_wagner
Mar 18, 2013 12:23 am
Note that the line "That it scants Lewis the literary scholar is nearly my only complaint about Alister McGrath’s [book]" is the summary of the review that...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Mar 18, 2013 3:04 pm
1. Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie Donovan The place of women in Tolkien's world is a perennially troublesome...
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Edith Crowe
ecrowews
Mar 18, 2013 8:56 pm
I presume Lewis folks already know about this, but just in case... Sent from my iPad Edith Crowe ... I presume Lewis folks already know about this, but just in...
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OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU
tokem3000
Mar 19, 2013 9:04 pm
members might like this ... From: Dr Leo Ruickbie <leo@...> Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:53 PM Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] CFP Ireland and the...
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juanitopanchacoco
juanitopanch...
Mar 25, 2013 2:06 pm
A biography of Fr. Francis Morgan, the guardian of Tolkien, is published in Spain. The book entitled "La Conexion Espańola de J.R.R. Tolkien" (J.R.R. Tolkien'...
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Morgan Thomsen
morganthomse...
Mar 25, 2013 4:56 pm
Thanks for the notification! I managed to make an international purchase of the book through Elcorteingles.es. The other available options didn't work for me:...
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juanito panchacoco
juanitopanch...
Mar 25, 2013 5:08 pm
Also is vailable in Abebooks http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=LA+CONEXION+ESPA%D1OLA+DE+J.R.R.+TOLKIEN&sts=t&x=-715&y=-95 ...
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Alana Joli Abbott
artiephesus
Mar 26, 2013 5:45 pm
...the Guardian posted about the next Hobbit film. ...
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Mich
michv@...
Mar 26, 2013 8:22 pm
I red the peace and just got my copy of the first hobbit movie. I originally got it in hopes that the movie would include a audio description track for the...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 28, 2013 4:36 am
So, today I found out that Charles Williams was a twin, but his infant sibling did not survive. That seems to me to be a stunning thing not to know about...
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wendell_wagner
Mar 28, 2013 9:30 am
Just like Elvis. . . and Liberace . . . and Philip K. Dick (well, his twin sister died at five weeks). And that shouldn't be surprising, since they're all . ....
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 29, 2013 5:43 pm
Looks like THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (2004, v. 59, p.146) is wrong about Charles Williams being the survivor of a pair of twins. Dug out my copy of...
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Mike Foster
mafoster43
Mar 29, 2013 6:35 pm
Thanks, John Now I know what “intussusception” is. This does not increase my store of happy knowledge. Your remarks about Lewis are valid. He seems...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 29, 2013 8:55 pm
... Hi Mike. No, I won't make it to this year's Mythcon, but I will be at Kalamazoo. Looking at the DNB (Dictionary of National Biography) entries on Williams,...
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Mike Foster
mafoster43
Mar 29, 2013 9:09 pm
John, Best to all at Ka’zoo from the Fosters. Mike & Jo From: John Rateliff Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 3:55 PM To: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Mich
michv@...
Mar 29, 2013 9:29 pm
Hi all. having watched the sneak peak behind the seens for the second Hobbit Movie and remembering how disappointed I was in the first Hobbit movie I find my...
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scribblerworks
Mar 30, 2013 2:21 pm
I'm not inclined to think that Lewis was cavalier about Williams' condition. It's not like he really lived in Williams' pocket. I expect he was...
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jef.murray
Apr 3, 2013 2:05 pm
Greetings! And welcome to my newsletter for April, 2013! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me! To...
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lynnmaudlin
Apr 5, 2013 2:24 am
1. Very sad you won't be with us at Mythcon, John-- :( 2. The money is interesting and also indicates the kind of popularity each had begun to enjoy in his...
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wendell_wagner
Apr 5, 2013 6:36 am
Adjusted for inflation to 2013 U.K. pounds: Williams: 33,167.69 Lewis: 940,275.27 Tolkien: 1,982,000.80 Converted to 2013 U.S. dollars: Williams: 50,195.98 ...
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not_thou
Apr 8, 2013 9:41 pm
Two co-workers asked if I'd heard the news this morning about an exhibit in England featuring a Roman ring that "may have inspired Tolkien". Here are links to...
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Troels Forchhammer
troelsfo
Apr 8, 2013 10:35 pm
The story of the ring that is being exhibited at The Vyne has been discussed in the Tolkien Society Facebook group where the consensus seems to be that there...
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Larry Swain
theswain
Apr 9, 2013 12:41 am
The connection seems wishful thinking to me (other than the Nodens study). -- Larry Swain theswain@... On Mon, Apr 8, 2013, at 04:41 PM, not_thou...
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Wayne G. Hammond
wghammond2
Apr 9, 2013 12:26 pm
Merlin wrote: Both stories claim that Tolkien visited Lydney Park, but I thought that I had read, perhaps in Christina and Wayne's books, that this was...
