I did a teeny bit of German in Oxford (also a lot of the early stuff written on my PhD topic is in German which is so frustrating, especially being wr...

I was sotra happy with the Merlin ending. I remember all the hype about when it was coming out and what they were going to do and I think they did the...

Yeah, I've been looking forward to Pan for a while 😀

I mentioned in the Summer Challenge thread that I rewatched VDT today. Having just read the book in detail, I noticed that there are a lot of scenes a...

Thanks and congratulations to everyone that took part in the challenge. It was good fun even if our numbers were down. If there are enough people who ...

Apparently he was requested to make the changes to the US version because people thought children would think all the things they were afraid of would...

Lovely drawings Swan, especially the Dufflepud! When I went to the Magical Books exhibition in Oxford in 2013, they had on display some of Lewis' own ...

Thanks for that, Hobbit. The first one is what I have so it's the original British version and the only version you can buy today. The second must be ...

That's lovely, Hobbit. The albatross scene is probably my second favourite in all the Chronicles. I even tried to look up the scene from the Walden fi...

Swan, I hope to see an anthology of your Narnia poems soon ;)Day 5Chapters 9-10I don't have any seaside pictures that look like how the Duffer's islan...

The Arabian Nights type culture is what I've always thought of as the inspiration for the Calormenes, Kristi. Lewis actually makes reference to Arabia...

I hadn't thought about the contrast with Caspian, Swan. Perhaps that's the difference between a King and a politician? ;)Interesting thought about the...

As I promised, here comes part 2 of Day 2:The CalormenesIt occurred to me while reading, the VDT is actually the first time Lewis tells us anything in...