Tolkien in the news

[wellinghall]

"The Matrix and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are among the films likely to be remade in 3-D."
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6982297.ece

"JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy has been named Kanawha County's favorite book."
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/i-want-hamza-adventures-to-reach-english-readers-pakistani-translator_100301534.html

“The book cannot be compared to JK Rowling’s Harry Potter, JLL Tolkien’s books or the Chronicles of Narnia.”
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/i-want-hamza-adventures-to-reach-english-readers-pakistani-translator_100301534.html#ixzz0cCu4Kzma

"Among Lewis’s friends and associates we would include his brother Warnie, his wife Joy, JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams, Dorothy L Sayers, TS Eliot, Ruth Pitter and Owen Barfield."
http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/01/2011-c-s-lewis-international-conference-in-france/

(Was TS Eliot really a friend of CS Lewis?)

Comments

[arda-unmarred.livejournal.com]

"Was TS Eliot really a friend of CS Lewis?"

Not originally, but I remember reading somewhere that later on they made peace and were quite friendly.

[skordh.livejournal.com]

I recall a description of the meeting between them, perhaps in Humphrey Carpenter's "The Inklings".

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks, skordh - I'll dig it out.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that, arda_unmarred.

Hope all is going well with you?

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Is JLL Tolkien a relative, then?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

There must be a witty retort to that out there, but for the life of me I can't find it.

[scribblerworks.livejournal.com]

I have a hardcover copy of Williams' All Hallow's Eve that I got at a second-hand book sale. Tucked in it was a newspaper review of it written by Eliot (and it indicates that Eliot knew CW). I suspect that CW's influence (alive or dead) would have paved a way between Lewis and Eliot.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that (and a belated happy birthday!)