Got to watch my typing. Its pretty impressive if Lewis was born in the late 1890's and still managed to participate in a battle that took place in 1818. I meant of course 1918.
larry On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:00:45 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I understand they served at different times - Lewis was > comminssioned in 1917 in the Somerset Light Infantry, and was > wounded on Mount Berenchon during the Battle of Arras in 1818.Tolkien > enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915 and was in the Battle of > the Somme in 1916. Afterwards which he spent much of the rest of the > war in hospital with what's now considered PTSD. > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:15:23 -0600, Russel Madere > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think they also served together in the army. They were famous friend, > > however. > > > > Russel Madere > > Webmaster > > 504.832.9835 > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:39 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: I have to change my system name > > > > Lewis and Tolkien used to get drunk together at the same Oxford pub. > > > > larry > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:55:35 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ::nod:: Lewis is actually a fairly well-known Christian writer, but I > > > didn't know he and Tolkoen were friends. > > > > > > Judith, the same could be said for Harry Potter don't you think? If > > > anything it is less dark since the hero is not corrupted. But some > > > "Christians" say it promotes flying on a broomstick, all that > > > witchcraft stuff..... > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:48:51 -0400, Yves Arsenault > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > He (Tolkien) and C.S. Lewis were supposedly great friends.... > > > > > > > > Lewis wrote the Narnia collection (for kids)... > > > > > > > > And various christian/english/sci-fi books.... > > > > > > > > A couple of my favorite writers.... there was another well known > > > > author who was in their circle of friends at the time... can't > > > > remember who.. > > > > > > > > Just sending my 2 cents. > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > Yves > > > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:41:57 -0400, Judith Dinowitz > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >The first two, Gondolin and Nargothrond were two great elvish > > cities > > > > > >of Tolkien's Simarillion, the third, Moria was a ruined Dwarvish > > city > > > > > >from LOTR. > > > > > > > > > > > >Some fundies actually do think that LOTR is on par with Harry > > Potter - > > > > > >it has wizards and magic in it, THEREFORE IT IS EVIL. > > > > > > > > > > > I think the weirdest part of that is what a devout Christian > > Tolkien was (I just read a great biography about him.) And LOTR's > > supreme lesson, I always thought, was that relatively powerless people > > can overcome great evil. His works are a study in what evil can do to > > people -- for instance, the effects of the ring on Bilbo and Frodo over > > time and the taming of the Shire at the end of the Return of the King. > > He used fantasy and storytelling to convey his message, but it's there > > in everything he wrote. Tolkien was anything but a promoter of evil. > > > > > > > > > > Judith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144251 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
