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2016: A Year of Reading
This time last year I had a sense of the kind of season that 2016 would be, but I did not know the how deeply the experiences of bereavement, family responsibility, and overwork would impact me. While...
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C.S. Lewis’“Till We Have Faces” is Today’s Daily Deal on Audible
Just a quick note. C.S. Lewis’ classical myth retold, Till We Have Faces, is the Audible.com “Daily Deal.” Most audiobooks run between $10 and $20, but Audible has a membership system. The gold level...
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Thesis Theatre event invitation! (Friday Feature)
I am very pleased to have been the supervisor of one of the researchers on SignumU’s Thesis Theatre on the 23rd (Courtney Petrucci). I hope you can take the time to check it out. Registration is free....
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20 Years to 8 Children in Narnia with Author Jared Lobdell
I encountered Jared Lobdell’s work because he was one of the few critics to make C.S. Lewis’ WWII-era science fiction–what I call the Ransom Cycle–a study of its own. His 2004 book, The Scientifiction...
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Is Narnia an Allegory? (A Friday Feature from the Vault)
No. It’s not. While tempted to leave it at that and produce the shortest blog of history, I think it is important to let the Narnian himself address the question. C.S. Lewis was, after all, a...
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Feature Friday on Cyber Monday: Inklings and Theology Bundles on Christian Audio
Inklings Audiophiles and readers of classic Christian theology will love the Cyber Monday bundles at ChristianAudio.com. They have $15 three-pack of unabridged audiobooks, including: The Lord of the...
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What is the Significance of Worc(h)ester in C.S. Lewis’ Ransom Cycle?
This is an honest question that I hope readers can help me with, and a proposal I would like to test out. C.S. Lewis’ second space travel adventure, Perelandra, begins like this: “As I left the railway...
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2017: A Year of Reading
“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New...
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Despite what C.S. Lewis Says, David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus is the...
This may very well be the worst book I have ever read. According to my Goodreads ratings, I have only four other one-star reviews. I can’t remember why I so disliked Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec &...
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Filling the Gaps in History: Mythopoesis as Deep Insight by Charles Huttar
Many of you will know what a pleasure it is to hear Charles Huttar read a paper, to meet and converse with him – and how fruitful to your knowledge, understanding, and further thought. And many more...
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Call for Papers: 2018 C.S. Lewis & Friends Colloquium at Taylor University
While I am looking forward to the biennial L.M. Montgomery Conference in June here in PEI, and while ISRLC in Europe is pretty cool (Uppsala, SE) and I can’t wait to get to my next Mythcon (2018 is...
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Idea-Seeds in C.S. Lewis’ Letters (Throwback Thursday)
This summer I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the...
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Cyber Monday: Inklings and Theology Bundles on Christian Audio
Inklings Audiophiles and readers of classic Christian theology will love the Cyber Monday bundles at ChristianAudio.com. They have $15 three-pack of unabridged audiobooks, including: The Lord of the...
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The Tolkien Letters that Changed C.S. Lewis’ Life (On Tolkien’s Birthday)
Today is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. Born on January 3, 1892, he would be 127 today if he had been a longliver or immortal. To celebrate the occasion I decided to reblog my most popular Tolkien post....
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Adam Mattern on C.S. Lewis’ Science Fiction (Announcement)
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, March 14, at 6pm ET for a Thesis Theater with recent Signum University MA graduate Adam Mattern, who will present his thesis titled “An Image of the Discarded: C. S. Lewis’s...
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C.S. Lewis’ Science Fiction with Adam Mattern, David C. Downing, and Brenton...
Last week we had an amazing Thesis Theater event, a great discussion about C.S. Lewis’ WWII-era science fiction trilogy. Recent Signum University MA graduate Adam Mattern was the central figure,...
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C.S. Lewis’ 1st SciFi Fan Letters, from Evelyn Underhill and Roger Lancelyn...
As part of an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday,” I want to roll back the calendar almost six years, to my early days as a blogger. “Throwback Thursday” is where I find a blog post from the...
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“The Planets” in C.S. Lewis’ Writing, with a Planet Narnia Chart (Throwback...
At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out...
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George Orwell’s Review of C.S. Lewis’“That Hideous Strength” (Throwback...
At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out...
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“The Cosmic Preface,” Guest Skype Session on “Pints with Jack” about the...
I’m pleased to announce that I recently joined David Bates on the Pints with Jack podcast. I love doing this show–not just because I get to talk about great books, but because the hosts have managed to...
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