Category: C.S. Lewis
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Schaubert’s Laws of Fantasy Religions
Author’s Note: this post on fantasy religions was originally drafted for a handful of local writing friends with a more thorough catalogue. That piece was lost and due to some life circumstances, I rushed out this much less thorough piece for those friends assuming (wrongly) it would not circulate widely. I realize there’s a lot…
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John Vorhaus interview
Lancelot Schaubert — What was the impetus behind this book, John Vorhaus? John Vorhaus — In my professional life I have two classes of clients. One is, broadly speaking, writers and other creative types. The other is, unexpectedly, people trying to get into to business schools like HBS and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. I noted…
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Of the Making of Books there Is No End?
I grew up in a fairly conservative religious community that abhorred study and praised ignorance, in a way. From this assumption folks would often quote in my general direction of the making of books there is no end. They believed along what Asimov said of many Americans: that my ignorance is as good as anyone…
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AT Sayre Interview
Thanks to AT SAYRE for joining us for this wide-ranging interview and to his publisher for making it possible for you, the reader, to download the book directly from this site: links for that will be nested throughout the piece. The piece will be broken up into early years, philosophy, and then will go into…
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Socratic Dialog Verses Narrative Dialog
There’s a distinction between Socratic dialog and narrative dialog in recorded debates and stories respectively. I hope to show that when both are perfected, the distinction is erased. Often, my narrative dialog will fall flat when it rises to a Socratic register. And often my Socratic dialogs will feel hollow when they simply serve a…
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The Dark Tower by Stephen King — Meaning + Review
So after a long, long time I finally finished The Dark Tower by Stephen King and rather than write a lengthy review, I want to reflect a bit on the meaning of the piece. I’ll say for starters that I really enjoyed watching King stick the landing, a landing I won’t spoil here. What I…
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Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF
That’s right. Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF. Volume 10, No. 2: Here it is: Have fun.
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Free short stories : where do I find sites for short stories and essays?
Where do I go to find sites for short stories and essays? Free short stories are pretty easy to find on Gutenberg, but the truth is that sometimes you need a curated list rather than just a single search term wading through the public domain sludge. I’ve got you. Here’s the list of the best…
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Grantville Gazette IV edited by Eric Flint
This review will be short and sweet. I ordered Granville Gazette IV at the prompting of Kerryn and Bjorn Hasseler because of a story I was working on spec for the new 1632 magazine. I think the thing I want to say is that sometimes anthologies like this never quite find their true audience because…
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Book Burning in Fahrenheit 451 what is it about ?
For the first time, I read Ray Bradbury’s classic and I wanted to ponder book burning in Fahrenheit 451 what is it about ? This book isn’t about us, right? It’s about those other people who burn books. Because it’s the book-burning book, right? The one about the people who censor and ban and burn? …
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Are Wattpad reading lists private?
Are Wattpad reading lists private? No. The whole point of making a reading list on Wattpad (according to the company — I realize you’re asking because you have something else in mind), is to share the story. To show others what you liked or loved. To get folks to read something along with you or, even,…