Compiled by Andrew Rilstone
Logsdon, Penelope Wythes, Anne K Sorknes, and others.
1 Introduction.. 3
1.1 What is alt.books.cs-lewis?. 3
1.2 What is alt.books.cs.lewis?. 3
1.3 What is appropriate to post to alt.books.cs-lewis?. 3
1.4 What type of messages are regarded as inappropriate?. 3
1.5 Is alt.books.cs-lewis a ‘Christian’ group?. 3
1.6 I don’t like the works of Lewis. Is it okay for me to post here?. 3
1.7 Are there any other on-line sources of information about C.S Lewis?. 3
1.8 Where can I download the text of C.S Lewis’s books from?. 4
1.9 C.S Lewis…didn’t he write Alice in Wonderland? What’s this I here about him taking indecent pictures of little girls?. 4
2. Questions about C.S. Lewis and his life. 4
2.1 Who was C.S. Lewis?. 4
2.2 Why was C.S. Lewis known as ‘Jack’?. 4
2.3 Who was Mrs. Moore?. 4
2.4 Who is Walter Hooper? What is his connection with Lewis?. 5
2.5 Is the Douglas Gresham who occassionally posts to this group related to the Joy Gresham who Lewis married?. 5
2.6 What was Shadowlands?. 5
2.61 What does the title ‘Shadowlands’ mean?. 5
2.62 Was ‘Shadowlands’ an accurate portrayal of Lewis’s life?. 5
2.63 Why does Lewis have two stepsons in the TV version of ‘Shadowlands’ and only one in the movie? 5
2.64 Did C.S. Lewis really lose his faith after the death of his wife?. 5
2.65 What became of David Gresham?. 6
2.7 What biographies have been written about C.S. Lewis? Are they reliable?. 6
2.8 What C.S. Lewis related sites are open to the public?. 6
2.9 Why is Magdalen College sometimes spelt with an ‘e’ on the end?. 6
3 Questions about C.S. Lewis’s writings.. 7
3.1 What did C.S. Lewis write?. 7
3.11 Academic Books. 7
3.12 Books About Christianity. 7
3.13 Poetry. 8
3.14 Fiction, Allegory, Imaginative Works. 8
3.15 Autobiography. 8
3.16 Letters. 8
3.2 The Narnia Books.. 9
3.21 Why is my set of the Narnia books numbered in the wrong order?. 9
3.22 Is Narnia an allegory?. 9
3.23 Are Harper Collins re-publishing the Narnia books with the Christian element removed. 10
3.24 Are Harper Collins publishing “sequels” to the Narnia books. Who is writing them? 10
3.24 I have an idea for a new Narnia book. Who should I write to for permission to publish it? 10
3.25 Is it true that there are differences in the British and American editions of the Narnia books? 10
3.26 What film and TV versions of Lewis’s books have there been?. 11
3.27 What’s this I hear about a new movie of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?. 11
3.28: What is Turkish delight?. 11
3.3: Lewis’s other works.. 12
3.31: What was The C.S. Lewis Hoax?. 12
3.32 Is Screwtape Proposes a Toast a sequel to The Screwtape Letters?. 12
3.33 Is there any more posthumous Lewis material awaiting publication?. 12
3.34 Are there any tapes of Lewis speaking available?. 12
3.35: Were Lewis’s proofs of the existence of God from ‘Miracles’ refuted by Elizabeth Anscombe? 12
3.36: What’s this I hear about a new movie of Out of the Silent Planet 13
4: Questions about Lewis’s Beliefs.. 13
4.1 Was Lewis a Roman Catholic? Didn’t he believe in Purgatory?. 13
4.2: What did Lewis think about the Bible? Was he a fundamentalist?. 13
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