{"id":549,"date":"2005-11-29T07:07:12","date_gmt":"2005-11-29T12:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/?p=549"},"modified":"2005-11-29T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2005-11-29T14:19:45","slug":"happy-birthday-clive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/index.php\/2005\/11\/29\/happy-birthday-clive\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Clive."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is C.S. Lewis&#8217; birthday.<br \/>\nFor those of you who don&#8217;t know him, C.S. Lewis wrote <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060847131%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060847131%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">The Chronicles of Narnia<\/a>, which has been made into movies and mini-series several times.  In fact, just recently The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe has been made into yet another movie.  Lewis was a contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien and, in fact, was part of the same writing group, the Inklings.  It was there that the two became fast friends, until their falling out.  Lewis, or &#8220;Jack&#8221;, as he preferred his friends call him, was a convert to Catholicism and became a prolific Christian apologist, penning such gems as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060652934%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060652934%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">The Screwtape Letters<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060652969%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060652969%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">The Problem of Pain<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060652926%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060652926%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Mere Christianity<\/a>.  He was a remarkable author and an interesting man.<br \/>\nYou can read more about Clive Staples Lewis at the website endorsed by his step-son, Douglas Gresham, called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cslewis.drzeus.net\/\">Into the Wardrobe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is C.S. Lewis&#8217; birthday. For those of you who don&#8217;t know him, C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, which has been made into movies and mini-series several times. In fact, just recently The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe has been made into yet another movie. Lewis was a contemporary of J.R.R. 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