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July 14, 2011

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell get

INKLINGS Q & A: When C. S. Lewis was reading THE GREAT DIVORCE to J. R. R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and the other Inklings, its working title was WHO GOES HOME? What did Tolkien suggest its title should be?

A: Lewis's fantasy is about the denizens of hell getting to visit heaven--though most end up returning to their infernal lair. Instead of WHO GOES HOME?, Tolkien quipped that the title should be HUGO'S HOME.
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July 9, 2011

INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled...

INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled "Gnomes under Narnia"?

A: Lewis had some trouble about naming his fourth Narnia Chronicle. After considering "The Wild Waste Lands," "Night under Narnia," and even "Gnomes under Narnia," the story was finally published as THE SILVER CHAIR in 1953.
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INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled "Gnomes under Narnia"?

A: Lewis had some trouble about naming his fourth Narnia Chronicle. After considering "The Wild Waste Lands," "Night under Narnia," and even "Gnomes und

INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled "Gnomes under Narnia"?

A: Lewis had some trouble about naming his fourth Narnia Chronicle. After considering "The Wild Waste Lands," "Night under Narnia," and even "Gnomes under Narnia," the story was finally published as THE SILVER CHAIR in 1953.
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INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled "Gnomes under Narnia"?

A: Lewis had some trouble about naming his fourth Narnia Chronicle. After considering "The Wild Waste Lands," "Night under Narnia," and even "Gnomes und

INKLINGS Q & A: What happened to a story C. S. Lewis wrote tentatively entitled "Gnomes under Narnia"?

A: Lewis had some trouble about naming his fourth Narnia Chronicle. After considering "The Wild Waste Lands," "Night under Narnia," and even "Gnomes under Narnia," the story was finally published as THE SILVER CHAIR in 1953.
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