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C. S. Memorial added to the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey this week, the 50...

C. S. Memorial added to the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey this week, the 50th anniversary of his passing.

An interesting article on the final fate of Susan Pevensie in the Narnia Chroncl...

An interesting article on the final fate of Susan Pevensie in the Narnia Chroncles. Lewis suggested that perhaps one of his readers should finish the story of her spiritual journey!


A Plea to Narnia Fans | RCR
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Susan is one of the four children, including brothers Peter and Edmund and sister Lucy, who find their way through a dimensional portal in the back of a wardrobe into the world of Narnia. Their discovery kicks off the seven-book bestselling children's series.

Fascinating article on how Tolkien's influence on our culture is much more wides...

Fascinating article on how Tolkien's influence on our culture is much more widespread than just fantasy fiction.


The 10 Most Unlikely Things That Were Influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings casts a massive, sweeping shadow over fantasy literature and entertainment. But J.R.R. Tolkien's influence spreads much further than that. Everywhere you look, you can see Tolkien's legacy: in science, in art, in language.

There will be a C. S. Lewis Symposium in Rumania this week! Michael Ward is a fe...

There will be a C. S. Lewis Symposium in Rumania this week! Michael Ward is a featured speaker.

Someone at geekologie.com is combining Hobbiton and Star Wars in the style of pa...

Someone at geekologie.com is combining Hobbiton and Star Wars in the style of painter Thomas Kinkade. Funny or just weird?

Here's the poster for the next Hobbit movie, "The Desolation of Smaug," arriving...

Here's the poster for the next Hobbit movie, "The Desolation of Smaug," arriving in theaters in December. Does the title mean that the dragon desolates or gets desolated or both? (No spoilers here!)

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Or upon occasion it might be a f...

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Or upon occasion it might be a family in Wales . . .


Our £3,000 Hobbit house: The family home dug from a hillside and built with scraps scavenged...
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From a hole in the Welsh hillside to a fully functioning family home, how Simon Dale (pictured) built his dream house from scratch in just four months.

Wouldn't you love to overhear this conversation?

Wouldn't you love to overhear this conversation?

Here is a link to a school in Sochi, Russia, that uses the Narnia Chronicles as...

Here is a link to a school in Sochi, Russia, that uses the Narnia Chronicles as a basis for their curriculum. The founder of the school first discovered the Chronicles at a library in Siberia. These children's classics are indeed known and loved the whole world over!


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Interesting creative writing exercise: Observe how authors introduce a major fem...

Interesting creative writing exercise: Observe how authors introduce a major female character. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald introduces Daisy by having a character say, "Her voice is full of money." Here's how Tolkien introduces Eowyn: "Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in her eyes. Very fair was her face, and her hair like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver. But strong she seemed and stern as steel, daughter of kings."