Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship | 
#OnThisDay in 1926 the English faculty at Merton College, Oxford held a meeting to discuss scheduling and curriculum outlines (thrilling stuff). In attendance were recently appointed Professor J.R.R Tolkien and English Fellow/Tutor C.S Lewis. After the meeting, Lewis wrote of Tolkien "No harm in him: only needs a smack or two." And thus was the beginning of a beautiful literary friendship. #HistoryGetsLIT
vivastory 😂 One of the best literary friendships. 3y
BennettBookworm Woah!! 3y
mandarchy My 8th grade ELA teacher told us that they had a bet over who could write a better trilogy. Clearly Tolkien won - because very few people have ever heard of C.S. Lewis' trilogy: The Space Trilogy. Of which Perelandra is my favorite. 3y
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Bklover @mandarchy Isn‘t Out of the Silent Planet part of that trilogy? I read those a looooong time ago, but I remember really loving them. 3y
JazzFeathers 😁 #FellowshipOfTolkien @Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wordslinger42 @BookwormAHN 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa The Serendipity of so much of this, still makes me smile 😉 3y
BookwormAHN And I was just reading The Magician's Nephew 😺 3y
wordslinger42 @JazzFeathers I'd never heard that story 💜💜 3y