The Inklings

A place for an occasional examination of the work of the Inklings... and to marvel at, in Charles Williams' words, "... the staff work of the Omnipotence".

Announcing "The Proverbs of Middle-earth" by David Rowe

An Arabic proverb says, “Before you shoot the arrow of truth, dip it in honey.” This book is both a quiver-full of well-pointed arrows,...

The Geste of Beren and Lúthien (1)

[Image : Ted Nasmith] (For our first excerpt, the first 22 lines of the Geste, that, C.S. Lewis praised in it’s first draft, as “melodi...

Thû, or Sauron...

Lines 2064 to 2110 of the Geste of Beren and Luthien tell of Thû, or as he was known in ‘The Lord of the Rings’, Sauron. In the Geste,...

The Shadow Man

There was a man who dwelt alone beneath the moon in shadow. He sat as long as lasting stone, and yet he ha...

The Long Defeat (7) by Sorina Higgins

7) Victory Events moved swiftly to their close from the moment the Grand High Führer of Unified Europe stepped out of his car and str...

The Long Defeat (6) by Sorina Higgins

https://theoddestinkling.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/the-long-defeat/ (@Oddest_Inkling) 6) Bletchley Park And so they set to wor...

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