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- Robert Cringely
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"I always have a fallback position whenever I take a risk. If all else fails, I'll die horribly, at great length, and in great pain. Mind you, it's not a good fallback position... "
- Walter Slovotsky
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 Biography: Like so many of England's great men, Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. During the fighting he promised a comrade that if the young man did not return home to England, that he would look after his mother. Lewis kept his promise, providing the widow with a home and support until she died.
After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
The wound he received in the First World War would affect him physically throughout his life, yet the Second World War had a more profound effect on his writing. The new mechanized and bureaucratized society that rose up during the war years held a fascination for him. His witty observations on it can be perused in the 'Screwtape Letters'.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil.
For much of his life, C. S. Lewis was a member of a brilliant if informal society called the Inklings. It frequently gathered together in a small pub in Oxford. Other members of this group included J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and Charles Williams.
Lewis died in 1963. |
Fantasy Novels By C. S. Lewis:
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 1 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0060234970 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 208 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began.
When Digory and Polly are tricked by Digory's peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime. What happens to the children when they touch Uncle Andrew's magic rings is far beyond anything even the old magician could have imagined.
Hurtled into the wood between the Worlds, the children soon find that they can enter many worlds through the mysterious pools there. In one world they encounter the evil Queen Jadis, who wreaks havoc in the streets of London when she is accidentally brought back with them. When they finally manage to pull her out of London, unintentionally taking along Uncle Andrew and a coachman with his horse, they find themselves in what will come to be known as the land of Narnia. |
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 2 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0060234814 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 208 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: "This is the land of Narnia," said the Faun, "where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great casle of Ciar Paravel on the eastern sea. And you -- you have come from the wild woods of the west?" "I -- I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room," said Lucy. What begins as a simple game of hide-and-seek quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime when Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy walk through the wardrobe and into the land of Narnia. There they find a cold, snow-covered land frozen into eternal winter by the evil White Witch. All who challenge her rule are turned into stone. Narnia, once filled with all manner of talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Giants, and Fauns is now a dark, joyless wasteland. The children can only hope that Aslan, the Great Lion, will return to Narnia and restore beauty and peace to the land. But will the power of Aslan be enough to conquer the dark magic of the White Witch? |
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 3 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0064471063 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 256 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: Narnia … where horses talk and hermits like company, where evil men turn into donkeys, where boys go into battle … where the adventure begins. During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North -- to Narnia. When he is mistaken for another runaway, Shasta is led to discover who he really is and even finds his real father. |
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 4 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0064471055 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 256 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: Grade 4-8-Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensey, the heroes and heroines from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, return in this fourth installment of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. The four children are transported from an English train station to an island in the world of Narnia. Though Narnia has been at peace since the children left, it is now under the control of Wicked King Mirax. The youngsters, along with Aslan the great lion, must help young Prince Caspian restore Narnia's glorious past. |
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 5 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0064471071 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 288 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: NARNIA . . . the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even the worst people, where anything can happen (and most often does) . . . and where the adventure begins. The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centures. King Caspian has built it for his voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he unsurped the throne. The journey takes Edmund, Lucy, and their cousin Eustace to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan's country at the End of the World. |
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Author: C. S. Lewis (28) |
Series: The Narnia Chronicles: Book 6 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0064471098 |
Published By: Harper Collins 1994) |
# of Pages: 276 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: NARNIA . . . where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans (and, if carefully cooked, on Marsh-wiggles, too), where a prince is put under an evil spell . . . and where the adventure begins. Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor . . . or does it? Once again Aslan has a task for the children, and Narnia needs them. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, they pursue the quest that brings them face to face with the evil Witch. She must be defeated if Prince Rilian is to be saved. |
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