Inklings

Jun. 14th, 2012 11:36 am
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Reading Humphrey Carpenter's The Inklings, which is largely about C. S. Lewis so far and splendid, of course. He has a wonderful gift for making quiet daily life fascinating, quite useful as all the Inklings did live quietly - at least to outward appearances.

He quotes this snippet of poetry Lewis once wrote to demonstrate alliterative meter.

"We were talking of dragons, Tolkien and I
in a Berkshire bar. The big workman
who had sat silent and sucked his pipe
all the evening, from his empty mug
with gleaming eye, glanced toward us;
"I seen 'em myself," he said fiercely."

Apparently the poem has no basis in fact, which I think we can all agree is a tragedy. Doesn't it seem the perfect beginning to Lewis & Tolkien (accompanied perhaps by a few other Inklings; or perhaps not) to start out on a fantastical adventure of their own?

Date: 2012-06-15 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] entwashian.livejournal.com
YULETIDE FANDOM!

;)

Date: 2012-06-15 05:19 pm (UTC)
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I am going to have the MOST OBSCURE Yuletide fandoms this year, aren't I?

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