The League of Extraordinary Inklings?

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

“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

Is Lewis Getting the Respect he Deserves?

In commemoration of Lewis’ eleventy-first birthday,  Jerome de Groot, a professor at Manchester College, UK, writes to inspire people to recognize Lewis not only for being an great theological and philosophical thinker, but also for his literary creativity and depth. As he writes he reminds his readers of Lewis’ exceptional knowledge in both medieval literature