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wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2016-02-27 09:47 am

From Facebook, because easier

"Thus, Lewis became even more influential, even the conversion of J.R.R. Tolkien, not to mention many children through the years."
Is the writer saying that Lewis was involved in the conversion of Tolkien? To what, precisely?
http://mobile.buffalonews.com/?articleRedirect=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buffalonews.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters-to-the-editor%2Fletter-lewis-influenced-many-with-his-works-of-fantasy-20160227

"JRR Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings on a stone table in the gardens of Merton College where he taught English."
Really?
http://www.bdlive.co.za/life/travel/2016/02/26/oxford-a-thoroughfare-into-history--and-magic

This fine fellow had crept into the breakfast room at our B&B.


And the breakfast bar at our B&B. I use the word "bar" advisedly ...
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[identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com 2016-02-27 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
Buffalo News...

...Mobile Buffalo News!

I'm imagining, updates on the latest herd movements, newsflashes about the location of the best new grass, health advice for multiple stomachs...

Maybe this is the first literary news story they have ventured to publish! Let us not discourage the larger ruminants from venturing to explore new horizons!

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2016-02-27 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
Is the writer saying that Lewis was involved in the conversion of Tolkien? To what, precisely?

Dollars? Natural gas? degrees centigrade?

But, as Bunn says, it is just amazing that the buffaloes have worked out how to post using their mobile phones!
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[personal profile] hhimring 2016-02-27 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I do imagine that Lewis and Tolkien spent quite a lot of time successfully converting each other to "just one more pint", but otherwise...