The Inklings

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A corner of the pub, formerly the landlord's sitting-room where the Inklings met. There is a small display of memorabilia . The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford , England , for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949. [ 1 ] The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction, and encouraged the writing of fantasy . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inklings

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J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikiquote

Many are the strange chances of the world... and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. ~ The Silmarillion John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ( January 3 , 1892 – September 2 , 1973 ) was an English wirter, poet, philologist , and university professor, most famous for his classic high fantasy works. Usually I compose only with great difficulty and endless rewriting. I woke up one day (more than 2 years ago) with that odd thing virtually complete in my head. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth Middle-earth is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy writings . The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales .

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C. S. Lewis - Wikiquote

Now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before. I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene : and though I say "at last", I almost wish he had lived to write six books more as he had hoped to do — so much have I enjoyed it. Clive Staples Lewis ( November 29 , 1898 – November 22 , 1963 ) was an Irish author , scholar of medieval literature , and Christian apologist . He is best known for his essays on Christianity and for the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia . When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis .

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Charles Williams (British writer) - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Williams_(British_writer) Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, literary critic, and member of the Inklings . [ edit ] Biography Williams was born in London in 1886, the only son of Richard and Mary Williams of Islington. He had one sister, Edith, born in 1889.

George MacDonald - Wikiquote

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_MacDonald#The_Fantastic_Imagination_.281893.29 To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. George MacDonald ( December 10 , 1824 – September 18 , 1905 ) was a Scottish author and Christian minister best known for his poetry, fairy tales and fantasy novels. [ edit ] Sourced I firmly believe people have hitherto been a great deal too much taken up about doctrine and far too little about practice. The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.