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$\"CSLewis.jpg\"$ <\/span>Wow, the lavishly illustrated The Inklings of Oxford: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Their Friends<\/a> $\"\"$
\n<\/strong><\/em> has occupied too much of my time. I couldn\u2019t put the thing down. <\/p>\n

What this book is a sumptuous, color collection of pictures of the Oxford worlds in which Lewis, Tolkien and friends lived. Even a picture of a bus riding up Headington Hill \u2014 on which ride Lewis came to the conclusion that there was a God.<\/p>\n

Included are tours of Oxford for walkers.<\/p>\n

A must-have for Lewis and Tolkien lovers.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"