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Gord Wilson reviews "Looking for the King" on Amazon, and points out that the "overlooked" Inklings are brought to life in this book, including Charles Williams and the witty Hugo Dyson.

Gord Wilson reviews "Looking for the King" on Amazon, and points out that the "overlooked" Inklings are brought to life in this book, including Charles Williams and the witty Hugo Dyson.


"This also is Thou" a review of: Looking for the King: An...
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Lewis and Tolkien have lately gotten lots of press, but David Downing is one of the few to give Charles Williams his due. Who's CW? You can meet him in this book. There's a lecture by him we are privileged to overhear.

J. R. R Tolkien in 1916. Can you see Middle Earth already forming as a twinkle in his eye? He had already began his legendarium that would eventually lead to Lord of the Rings, published nearly 40 years later.

J. R. R Tolkien in 1916. Can you see Middle Earth already forming as a twinkle in his eye? He had already began his legendarium that would eventually lead to Lord of the Rings, published nearly 40 years later.

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And here's C. S. Lewis at age 19. He hadn't thought of Narnia yet, but he already had a volume of poems accepted and he had the mental image of a fawn with parcels and an umbrella on a snowy day. . .

And here's C. S. Lewis at age 19. He hadn't thought of Narnia yet, but he already had a volume of poems accepted and he had the mental image of a fawn with parcels and an umbrella on a snowy day. . .


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