C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are deservedly well known for their fiction. Tolkien’s mythology is almost unparalleled in level of detail and The Lord of the Rings set the standard for fantasy literature, while Lewis’s novels have inspired countless readers. We are very familiar with them as writers, but what about as action heroes? This
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society Event in Oklahoma City
A conference on C. S. Lewis and his fellow Inklings is being held at Oklahoma City University this weekend, featuring lectures by Michael Ward and Diana Glyer. According to the article, the lectures are free and open to the public, so any Lewis or Tolkien fans in Oklahoma City should consider stopping by!
Screwtape Comes to New York
Warning: the post you are about to read is a satiric message in the spirit of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. My dear Wormwood, Our Father Below has just notified me concerning a matter of positively grave concern. The American humans are currently producing a “theater adaptation” of our embarrassing correspondence that the infernal Oxford
“Religion and Rocketry”
Along with fantasy (as was covered in a blog post not too long ago), C.S. Lewis was no stranger to the genre of science fiction. His interest in the potential connections between sci-fi and religion spanned not only his novels (notably the Space Trilogy) but also his nonfiction. He wrote an essay–Religion and Rocketry (which
How “Real” is “Fantasy” Art?
An interesting debate has started between two authors on the internet about the nature of Art and whether fantasy literature qualifies. The first article, fromThe New Atlantis, features an argument by James Bowman about the nature of realism and fantasy in art, and why he does not consider fantasy art — the genre of choice