This is just a short excerpt from a much longer lecture available from the Episcopal Bookstore. Here C.S. Lewis talks about the novels of his friend and fellow member of The Inklings--Charles Willi...
This is just a short excerpt from a much longer lecture available from the Episcopal Bookstore. Here C.S. Lewis talks about the novels of his friend and fellow member of The Inklings--Charles Williams. The photo on the right is Lewis, left is Williams.
Williams wrote many books and slews of book reviews during his tenure as editor with Oxford Press. He is best known for his seven otherworldly novels, of which "All Hallows' Eve" and "Descent Into Hell" are probably the most widely celebrated. Besides C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden were also both good friends and big fans of Williams.
There is also an excellent DVD movie available about C.S. Lewis from Discovery House simply called: "The Life Of C.S. Lewis". The link below will take you to the cheapest outlet I've been able to find for it (only $12.00).
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All Hallows' Eve by Williams is incredibly dark and certainly in his three best works; though perhaps the advice of those advocating War in Heaven as an introduction is the most sound. Following that, Many Dimensions is very straightforward also. But beware: approaching Place of the Lion or The Greater Trumps without preparation and with little knowledge of the subject matter might leave you empty handed by the end.
I had heard JRR's voice before. This was the first time I heard Lewis' voice. Now I have to stop imagining Lewis saying "Good eeeevening."
Please, give me back Hopkins! (grin)
Speaking of that movie, I made the mistake of rewatching it on DVD while home recovering from adult soft-tissue sarcoma in my left leg. Some of those scenes became a bit harsh for me in the re-watch. (sheepish grin)
I liked the movie a lot, but honestly, I thought Hopkins and Winger were both terribly miscast. I'm not sure who would have made a good Lewis. Maybe John Houseman.
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Please, give me back Hopkins! (grin)
Speaking of that movie, I made the mistake of rewatching it on DVD while home recovering from adult soft-tissue sarcoma in my left leg. Some of those scenes became a bit harsh for me in the re-watch. (sheepish grin)