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Jack And John In Conversation

In lieu of our planned article, then, I offer you a fascinating dramatization of a dialogue between C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, with thanks to Fred Warren who found it and passed it along to me because of its relevance to the just concluded series on Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy-Stories.” Enjoy!
on Dec 30, 2011 · Off

Apparently there are crossed wires, even in cyberspace. Consequently our scheduled guest for today is AWOL — hopefully without any attending tragedies or difficulties that might cause someone in person to miss an appointment.

In lieu of our planned article, then, I offer you a fascinating dramatization of a dialogue between C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, with thanks to Fred Warren who found it and passed it along to me because of its relevance to the just concluded series on Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy-Stories.” Enjoy!

Best known for her aspirations as an epic fantasy author, Becky is the sole remaining founding member of Speculative Faith. Besides contributing weekly articles here, she blogs Monday through Friday at A Christian Worldview of Fiction. She works as a freelance writer and editor and posts writing tips as well as information about her editing services at Rewrite, Reword, Rework.
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  1. Rebecca LuElla Miller says:
    December 30, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    For what it’s worth, much of the information for this conversation comes from Tolkien’s essay — so the event may not have happened precisely in this way, but the thoughts are certainly Tolkien’s.

    I wish the dramatization had done a little more with Lewis. He seems to be little more than a befuddled questioner. Of course, Tolkien did play a huge part in his becoming a Christian, but I don’t know as I’ve ever imagined him as befuddled. Maybe that is simply my reaction and no one else will see him in that way.

     

    Becky