Here is a nice little speech to be read. It tells how an author discovered three important writers: Lewis, Tolkien and Chesterton.
Another’s Encounter
Posted by unknowing on December 31, 2007
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For He willeth we know that the least thing shall not be forgotten
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works
Preparation of heart is the unlearning the prejudices of evil converse
If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity
dandelionmom
/ December 31, 2007Very interesting. Sigh. Forsooth, I have some regret in the reading I encountered during my childhood. Though I learned to read at age four, the best that I recall having around the house was the Reader’s Digest condensed versions of classic books. Well I should have read Lewis and Chesterton at an earlier age, but instead, I only began to read of Narnia as a high-school sophomore, and Chesterton, in college.
But, by God’s sovereign grace, I have since encountered more. Moreover, I have had the pleasure,as the speech-writer mentions, to not only read The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, but also to introduce them to my own children. The oldest 3 of eight have devoured them, with some discussion besides.
BTW, what is your opinion of Brian Jacques? (Have I previously asked you this question?)
dandelionsmith
/ December 31, 2007Oops. I was accidentally logged in as Sharon, instead of as dandelionsmith. So, I logged out, and logged in again. Oh, well. She would probably echo my thoughts, with the exception of the first paragraph.–Scott
Joel
/ December 31, 2007I read a book by him a long time ago and I thought it was interesting. I’ve meant to read more and haven’t. I’m not a big fan of talking animals, though.
AR
/ January 3, 2008The Redwall series gets a little long, which is probably why Jacques started the new one about the Flying Dutchman. But I think he does a wonderful job of making the fantastical animal-persons reflect the nature of the our-worldly animals which inspired them. Not as uncanny a participation as Lewis’ but still delightful.
Of course, in my opinion it is worth reading every single Redwall book just to see what amazing vegetarian feast Jacques will conjure up next. (How can he make your mouth water over food you’ve never heard of before and which probably doesn’t exist?) I think he’s a very respectable story-teller. Not that anyone asked. ;)
dandelionsmith
/ January 18, 2008Finally, I return to this post and comments. I hope I’m not like one of those no-seeum bugs or gnats; always a bother when you thought the pest had gone away.
Well, anyway, (and no, I don’t need anyone to stroke my ego), I wanted to add a few thoughts in reply to the last few comments. First, I’ve been thinking on and discussing the subject of talking animals in literature. Rather than litter your blog with these thoughts, I thought I would post them on my own. But secondly, the Redwall series now has an additional bonus. We now have in our possession a book entitled, “The Redwall Cookbook”. What we’ve already eaten is Mole’s Favourite Deeper’n'Ever Turnip’n'Tater’n'Beetroot Pie. My daughter Laurel said it was rather “Baby foody”, which I think means it was soft and rather bland. It did need a little salt, but my opinion is that it worked well as a side-dish.
dandelionsmith
/ January 22, 2008So, anyway, I intended to comment on your more recent blogs, but it seemed more germane to the comment flow here. I finished the essay on the talking of animals. I’d write you an email, so it wasn’t cluttering your blog, but I wasn’t sure where to send it.