Inklings article archive

As you can imagine, C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings often come up in discussions of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, so check the links at that archive too.

General and related articles:

‘C.S. Lewis chose Joy — and suffering,’ BC Christian News, Apr 1999
‘Jakob’s lies contain some truth,’ BC Christian News, Oct 1999
‘C.S. Lewis Company authorizes new Narnia books,’ CanadianChristianity.com, Apr 2001
‘Will HarperCollins censor Narnia, or merely downplay its Christian elements?,’ CanadianChristianity.com, Jun 2001
‘Is Harry Potter a menace to our children’s souls?,’ BC Christian News, Jul 2001
‘Fantasies and fairy tales speak to our spiritual needs,’ BC Christian News, Dec 2001
‘Clever Dark Materials anti-Christian,’ BC Christian News, Nov 2002
‘Comment: The paganism of Narnia,’ BC Christian News, Nov 2005
‘Schmaltz sells,’ Georgia Straight, Dec 2005

Books and films:

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (book, dvd)
News: BC Christian News, Feb 2008; Christianity Today, May 2008

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (book, 1978 dvd, 2001 dvd, 2002 dvd)
News: BC Christian News, Oct 1998; BC Christian News, Mar 2002
Review: BC Christian News, Dec 2001

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (book, 2002 dvd, 2003 dvd)
Reviews: Vancouver Courier, Dec 2002; BC Christian News, Dec 2002

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (book, 1980 dvd, 2003 dvd, 2004 dvd)
Review: BC Christian News, Dec 2003

C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (book, 1979 vhs, 1988 dvd, 2005 dvd, 2006 dvd)
News: BC Christian News, Jan 2004; CanadianChristianity.com, Mar 2004; ChristianCurrent, Nov 2005
Reviews: Christianity Today, Nov 2005; CanadianChristianity.com, Dec 2005; ChristianWeek, Dec 2005; BC Christian News, Jan 2006

C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (book, 1989 dvd, 2008 dvd)
News: Christianity Today, Jun 2008
Reviews: Christianity Today, May 2008; BC Christian News, Jun 2008; BC Christian News, Dec 2008

Related blog posts:

‘Narnia — not merely Christian, you know,’ Mar 2005
‘Neil Gaiman on Lewis, Tolkien, Chesterton,’ Mar 2005
‘Narnia and the meaning(s) of the number 7,’ Apr 2005
‘Narnia movie pun alert!,’ Apr 2005
‘Sun and snow and a bad cold,’ Apr 2005
‘Searching for the right-voiced Aslan,’ Apr 2005
‘Narnia trailer now online!,’ May 2005
‘Harry Potter trailer now online too!,’ May 2005
‘Some random Narnia thoughts,’ May 2005
‘Middle-Earth marathon,’ May 2005
‘The scouring of the monomyths,’ May 2005
‘Newsbites: Narnia CDs! African Jesus movie! Jedi Republicans!,’ May 2005
‘Zinn and Chomsky do Tolkien!,’ May 2005
‘Disney wants Christians to work for free,’ Jun 2005
‘DVD re-issues — here we go again!,’ Jul 2005
‘Wilberforce coming to the big screen?,’ Jul 2005
‘The mouth of Aslan: Neeson? Crowe?,’ Jul 2005
‘Newsbites quickie: Aslan! Aristocrats!,’ Jul 2005
‘The earlier works of a Narnia screenwriter,’ Aug 2005
‘Girl power in Narnia!,’ Aug 2005
‘‘His Dark Materials’ gets a director,’ Aug 2005
‘The other Narnia screenwriters,’ Aug 2005
‘Cashing in on Aslan’s evangelism potential,’ Aug 2005
‘Newsbites: Narnia reviews! Clones! Tree of Life!,’ Sep 2005
‘Narnia soundtrack snippet now online!,’ Sep 2005
‘Fellowship — the extended soundtrack album!,’ Sep 2005
‘Narnia soundtrack strategy backfiring?,’ Oct 2005
‘Howard replaces Howard on King Kong!,’ Oct 2005
‘Children’s stories and fat children,’ Oct 2005
‘New Narnia trailer now online,’ Oct 2005
‘Mr. Tumnus, stuck in the middle with Mr. Blonde,’ Oct 2005
‘“C.S. Lewis” — not a person, but a brand,’ Oct 2005
‘The Exorcism of Narnia,’ Oct 2005
‘“Great film, [but] there’s nothing Christian about it”,’ Nov 2005
‘Newsbites: Silence! Marketing Narnia! Pope!,’ Nov 2005
‘Is the new Narnia clip underwhelming?,’ Nov 2005
‘The paganism of Narnia — the article’s up!,’ Nov 2005
‘Nine minutes of Narnia now online!,’ Nov 2005
‘Narnia videos — the article’s up!,’ Nov 2005
‘Another eight minutes of radio fame,’ Nov 2005
‘“Narnia the flamethrower — the kids love this one!”,’ Dec 2005
‘C.S. Lewis and … Enid Blyton?,’ Dec 2005
‘Parents, children, and other generations,’ Dec 2005
‘CBC guest appearance — heads up!,’ Dec 2005
‘The Chronicles of Narnia — the review’s up!,’ Dec 2005
‘I take one last dig at Narnia,’ Dec 2005
‘Is the Narnia movie empowering, or not?,’ Dec 2005
‘Newsbites: Munich! Watchmen! Food!,’ Dec 2005
‘Fun with Dick and Jane — the review’s up!,’ Dec 2005
‘Newsbites: Helvetica, my donkey!,’ Jan 2006
‘Hostel takes down the Lion and the Ape,’ Jan 2006
‘Oscar nominations — my own two bits,’ Jan 2006
‘“They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard!”,’ Jan 2006
‘China segregates ‘toons from real people,’ Feb 2006
‘Newsbites: Narnia! Instinct! Brokeback!,’ Apr 2006
‘Sowing seeds of doubt in a Narnia fan’s mind,’ Apr 2006
‘Congratulations to Pacific Theatre!,’ May 2006
‘‘His Dark Materials’ gets a release date,’ Jun 2006
‘Lord of the Rings makes a third trip to DVD,’ Jun 2006
‘Narnia movie expanded to four discs,’ Jul 2006
‘R ratings for “non-historical” smoking scenes!,’ Jul 2006
‘Has a movie ever had 3 bonus discs before?,’ Jul 2006
‘Prince Caspian — is it going to suck?,’ Jul 2006
‘Catholic Kidman to star in anti-Catholic fantasy,’ Jul 2006
‘MGM announces The Hobbit, T4, etc.,’ Sep 2006
‘Peter Jackson options dragon tale (not Hobbit),’ Sep 2006
‘Peter Jackson would love to ruin The Hobbit,’ Sep 2006
‘Lewis, Tolkien, Williams — superheroes!,’ Sep 2006
‘Hell — a place of cubicles and office politics,’ Oct 2006
‘Six degrees of C.S. Lewis and Ayn Rand?,’ Oct 2006
‘New info on the two Hobbit movies,’ Nov 2006
‘ Peter Jackson will not direct The Hobbit.,’ Nov 2006
‘Yet another set of LOTR bonus features?,’ Nov 2006
‘Jackson will “definitely” direct Hobbit: Zaentz,’ Nov 2006
‘Watch and weep, Lewis fans. Or, better, don’t.,’ Nov 2006
‘Gandalf could have made Connery a fortune,’ Nov 2006
‘Narnia spoof features “wise-but-horny lion”,’ Dec 2006
‘Newsbites: Depp! Crusade! Del Toro! Grace!,’ Dec 2006
‘Del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Narnia redux,’ Dec 2006
‘New Line Cinema blacklists Peter Jackson,’ Jan 2007
‘And now, a look back at happier times.,’ Jan 2007
‘The Screwtape Letters — the movie!,’ Jan 2007
‘Prince Caspian — now twice as old!,’ Feb 2007
‘Canadian theatre attendance dropping…,’ Feb 2007
‘CanWest News Service needs a fact-checker.,’ Feb 2007
‘Newsbites: Camp! Hobbit! Piracy! TenNapel!,’ Feb 2007
‘Warwick Davis returns to Prince Caspian,’ Feb 2007
‘Newsbites: Winter! Howard! Jihadists! Opus!,’ Feb 2007
‘The Hobbit — no script, coming soon anyway?,’ Feb 2007
‘Are any more C.S. Lewis movies in the works?,’ Feb 2007
‘Newsbites: Rice! Reaping! Salomaybe! Samson!,’ Mar 2007
‘Apted to direct Voyage of the Dawn Treader?,’ Apr 2007
‘“How we plan to revise Prince Caspian.”,’ May 2007
‘“How The Lord of the Rings should have ended.”,’ May 2007
‘The Ring of Power becomes the Alethiometer,’ May 2007
‘Newsbites: Living! Robot! Treader! Dollar!,’ Jun 2007
‘The Arcanum battles demons in 1919,’ Jun 2007
‘You think hobbits are from England?,’ Jun 2007
‘Prince Caspian: “Battles all the way through.”,’ Jun 2007
‘Newsbites: Monstrous! Pope Joan! Caspian!,’ Jul 2007
‘One Narnia movie every year until 2013?,’ Jul 2007
‘Will Peter Jackson direct The Hobbit after all?,’ Aug 2007
‘Prince Caspian — the teaser poster,’ Sep 2007
‘So much for one Narnia movie per year.,’ Sep 2007
‘Will the Rings wizards re-unite in Compass?,’ Oct 2007
‘Speaking of Walden and the Narnia movies …,’ Oct 2007
‘A glimpse into the Prince Caspian movie.,’ Oct 2007
‘All fantasy films lead to Star Wars.,’ Nov 2007
‘Newsbites: Watchmen! Trek! Jesus! Astrology!,’ Nov 2007
‘stop. look at city. pronounce. caution. carry on.,’ Dec 2007
‘Eddie Izzard to voice Reepicheep?,’ Dec 2007
‘Peter Jackson isn’t the only one suing New Line.,’ Dec 2007
‘Peter Jackson to produce The Hobbit!,’ Dec 2007
‘Newsbites: Del Toro! Mary! Rambo! Childhood!,’ Jan 2008
‘Guillermo Del Toro to direct The Hobbit,’ Jan 2008
‘New Line Cinema — gasping its last breath?,’ Feb 2008
‘New difficulties for New Line and The Hobbit,’ Feb 2008
‘Six degrees of Julie Christie and C.S. Lewis,’ Feb 2008
‘Newsbites: Oscars! Trek! Caspian! Antichrist! Bond! Justice! Driving! Xiao’er! Ghoulishly! etc.!,’ Feb 2008
‘The Hobbit is safe, for now.,’ Feb 2008
‘Is Disney getting nervous about Prince Caspian?,’ Mar 2008
‘Newsbites: Billy! City! Caspian! Blue! Passion! W! Messiah! Tropic! Circuit! etc.!,’ Apr 2008
‘Newsbites: Silent! Errol! Disney! W! Caspian! Satire!,’ Apr 2008
‘Newsbites: Shrinking! Cancelled! C-10! Credits! Code! Amish! Lust! Eowyn!,’ Apr 2008
‘Newsbites: Heretic! Lifeboat! Narnia! Indiana! Bill! Rapture! Docs! Connor! Superman! Fantasia! etc.!,’ Apr 2008
‘Newsbites: Hobbit! Demons! Superman! Expelled! Verhoeven! Racer! Stakeout! Silents!,’ Apr 2008
‘The Hobbit — the anticipation begins,’ Apr 2008
‘Newsbites: Gilly! Hobbit! Mel! Cinerama! City! Racism! Expelled! Charlie! Superman! etc.!,’ Apr 2008
‘Susan and Caspian, sitting in a tree …,’ May 2008
‘Newsbites: Knights! Terminator! Caspian! Mission!,’ May 2008
‘Newsbites: Religulous! Lincoln! Treader!,’ May 2008
‘Nylons and lipsticks and invitations, oh my!,’ May 2008
‘The Greek gods go, the warrior women stay.,’ May 2008
‘Newsbites: The sequels and remakes edition!,’ May 2008
‘Hobbit news — the article’s up!,’ May 2008