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Wisdom in SpaceAll mortals tend to turn into the things they are pretending to be. -- C. S. Lewis⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Life</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pretending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pretending</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Okefenokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Okefenokee</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Swamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swamp</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canoe</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a>

FID Anglo-American CultureThe Inklings Yearbook is the annual publication of the German Society, dedicated to <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> literature, esp the works of the Oxford <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Inklings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inklings</a> - <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/JRRTolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JRRTolkien</a>, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> & Co. Did you know we have a novel fictionalising the Inklings as "the Smudgelings"? 👉 "Fellowship of Ink" by Paul Magrs <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>

The Disreputable BedeShort ramble about <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/cslewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cslewis</a> ... I've read George Sayers' biography of C.S. Lewis but just ordered Alistair McGrath's one published in 2015. For me, when I'm reading a book—even fiction—I'm allowing the author to teach me something that I haven't thought of before. I want to know where they're coming from, especially if they're offering advice. Lewis wrote with the express purpose of teaching, although his genius was in passing on the wisdom and lessons from previous generations in ways that we moderns can consume. It's important to me that Lewis tried to practice what he preached. He gave away a lot of money to other people and causes, following his own advice about the virtue of Charity that our giving should be more than we can easily afford. He took care to respond to the letters that people sent him, especially those from children. One person who knew him called Lewis "the most thoroughly converted" man he knew.Although it's not much talked about directly, we have a feeling that his relationship with Janie Moore was more than just that of an adoptive mother. He never permitted people to ask him about it. My own thought is that he was romantically involved and that once he became a Christian, he tried to do what he thought was right. She was apparently difficult to live with and I think it was a cross he bore in obedience to our Lord. One thing that I've thought about recently is how Lewis didn't want his own celebrity. My feeling is that he saw his celebrity as an avenue to do the Lord's work—in his case, apologetics in various forms, both fiction and nonfiction. But I don't think he liked being famous necessarily and certainly didn't seek out the stage. What a refreshing example, especially in today's clout-chasing world! Anyway, I'm a little hesitant about McGrath's biography. It's supposed to show that Lewis was actually hard to get along with. Perhaps. I wouldn't be surprised. He was human, after all.

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Graham Downs"A Children's story which is only enjoyed by children is a bad children's story"<a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Virginicus<a href="https://historians.social/@bretdevereaux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bretdevereaux</a> This analysis works better for me than Tom Shippey’s application of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a>’s magia/goeteia distinction. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a>

AnneTheWriter<a href="https://mstdn.party/@naominovik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@naominovik</a> My favorite fictional forest is "The Woods Between the Worlds" from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Narnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narnia</a> story, "The Magician's Nephew."

Cole HaddonVeronica Sullivan, director of the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival, returns to 5AM StoryTalk for a podcast bonus episode in which she breaks down a seminal piece of art from her life - C.S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' prequel novel!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writinglife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a>   <a href="https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/bonus-podcast-veronica-sullivan-director" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/bonus-podcast-veronica-sullivan-director</a>

JRDNZRThe Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe — Esperanto Translation Esperanto translation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. <a href="https://www.jrdnzr.com/2025/04/20/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-esperanto-translation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jrdnzr.com/2025/04/20/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-esperanto-translation/</a>

Mustafa KulleGender swapping Aslan is stupid. Throughout the Narnia books, Aslan is a HE. Aslan is male. ♂️🦁He's a Lion. Not a lioness.Leave things as they are. Respect the source material. It's not hard. I'm sick of this woke bullshit. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aslan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aslan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#male</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narnia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cslewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cslewis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woke</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bullshit</a>

The Disreputable BedeI love these types of discoveries. With the advent of archaeology and new modern imaging techniques, we seem to be recovering more and more of what was once lost. As an aside, Merlin is one of my favorite fictional figures, and C.S. Lewis' depiction of him in That Hideous Strength one of my favorite renditions of Merlin. Lewis imagines him as an immense, serious man who is Christian but only barely—he seems very pagan still—and who can channel angelic powers. You can tell Lewis had a lot of fun imagining Merlin waking up to wreak havoc on the supernatural forces of evil in the 20th century. <a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge</a><a href="https://deacon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/cslewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cslewis</a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/kingarthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kingarthur</a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/merlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#merlin</a>

Tenuity📚 Library Exchange <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BookSky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookSky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Challenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Challenge</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TBR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TBR</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Reading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> 🤔 Let's do a book exchange. I list something I'm currently reading, one of my favorites, or a book on my TBR list, and you list a book to go with it! Till We Have Faces <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CSLewis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a>

La lupa sobre el mapaMañana es 15 de marzo y, como cada día 15, volvemos a pasar La Lupa 🔎Nos espera nueva carta<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LIJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LIJ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cuentos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cuentos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cslewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cslewis</a>

Culture | The Guardian USDaniel Craig in line for role in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film for Netflix <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/13/daniel-craig-greta-gerwig-narnia-film-netflix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/13/daniel-craig-greta-gerwig-narnia-film-netflix</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Filmadaptations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Filmadaptations</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DanielCraig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielCraig</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/GretaGerwig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GretaGerwig</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Netflix</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Film</a>

Virginicus<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNUTerryPratchett</a> <a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mvsj7wwyvl4fegc3cozmlfut/post/3lk4ftuzk3k23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mvsj7wwyvl4fegc3cozmlfut/post/3lk4ftuzk3k23</a>

Bevan Thomas"On the roof - not sitting, but standing on the roof - swaying with superb balance as it came at full speed round the corner with one wheel in the air - was Jadis the Queen of Queens and the Terror of Charn. Her teeth were bared, her eyes shone like fire, and her long hair streamed out behind her like a comet's tail." - C. S. Lewis, "The Magician's Nephew" 🎨 Pauline Baynes<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookWormSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookWormSat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChildrensLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildrensLiterature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FantasyLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FantasyLiterature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Narnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narnia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChroniclesofNarnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChroniclesofNarnia</a>

Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:Thought occurred to me this morning, apropos of nothing at all, i'm sure 🤭How lucky are we that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> was not a Merkan? <ul><li>The Pussy, The Woke, & The Closet</li><li>Senator Caspian, Carrying</li><li>The Voyage of The Dawn Traitor</li><li>The Extra Wide Gold Chair</li><li>The Horse & His Other White Powders</li><li>The Magamoron's Nephew</li><li>The Last Bonespurs Battle </li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TuckFrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TuckFrump</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/magamorons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magamorons</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckRWNJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckRWNJs</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheChroniclesOfNarnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheChroniclesOfNarnia</a>

VirginicusSuffering, according to Vergil. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSLewis</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AncientRome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientRome</a> <a href="https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-path-of-ascent-however-hard-tolkien.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-path-of-ascent-however-hard-tolkien.html</a>

Jim Kozlowski<a href="https://tane.codes/@tanepiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tanepiper</a> Mere Christianity is sooo good. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cslewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cslewis</a>

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