Fans of C.S. Lewis might enjoy this interview with his stepson, Douglas Gresham, did with WORD-FM talk show host Jerry Bowyer on 11/23/05.
Douglas Gresham on the Jerry Bowyer Program
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A Humble Example
The following lyrics and unattached music received an honorable mention in a carol writing competition for the Amadeus Choir near Toronto, Canada. (If someone wants the music, please email FD to let me know where to email the .pdf. If performed, I request that you let me know the performance date and location.)
Rudolph’s Advantageous Mutation
A buddy of mine has an amusing take on the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Bogus Lewis Letter?
A UK paper is reporting that a new letter C.S. Lewis wrote to a child has been found by literary advisor to Lewis’ estate, Walter Hooper. It supposedly puts to rest any doubt that The Chronicles of Narnia are explicitly Christian.
As soon as I read the first line of the letter, "Supposing there really was a world like Narnia…", I knew for certain that I’d read it before. To make sure I wasn’t just experiencing deja vu, I did a little digging.
I was right. I had indeed heard that line before.
Lewis Opposed Live Action Narnia?
The Kilns,
Headington Quarry,
Oxford
18 Dec. 1959Dear Sieveking
(Why do you ‘Dr’ me? Had we not dropped the honorifics?) As things worked out, I wasn’t free to hear a single instalment of our serial [The Magician’s Nephew] except the first. What I did hear, I approved. I shd. be glad for the series to be given abroad. But I am absolutely opposed – adamant isn’t in it! – to a TV version. Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare. At least, with photography. Cartoons (if only Disney did not combine so much vulgarity with his genius!) wld. be another matter. A human, pantomime, Aslan wld. be to me blasphemy.
All the best,
yours
C. S. Lewis[Letter to BBC producer Lance Sieveking (1896-1972), who has written at the top: "The Magician’s Nephew" and, after the address, the phone number "62963".]
I’m a bit skeptical about the legitimacy of this. The author claims that honorifics have been dropped, but addresses the recipient by his last name and signs with his given initials. Lewis always preferred to be called Jack, and I believe he would sign a letter as "Jack Lewis" or just "Jack" if honorifics had indeed been dropped. I’m not a Lewis expert, just a fan. I’m sure Lewis stepson, Douglas Gresham, could shed some light on this. Anyone know how to get a hold of him?