J. R. R. Tolkien

The Oxford literary group "The Inklings," which included CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, held competitions to see who could read her work aloud longest while keeping a straight face. Mark Twain considered her first book, Irene Iddesleigh, as "one of the ...

 New Zealand The Mythopoeic Society is devoted to the study of the JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, and the Inklings; and myth and fantasy. Mythcon is a combination of serious scholarship (daytime) and fannish fun (evenings). Presentations on both JRR Tolkien and Peter ...

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis -- Two experts in medieval languages who, through conversations in their writing group, the Inklings, came to the conclusion that one of the best uses of their remaining days on the planet would be to write fantasy novels. ...

He would occasionally join his father at an informal university literary group called the “Inklings” — a play on words about people who played with ink. There, English writers such as CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien read their work and often drank draft ...

 - The theme for this issue is dedicated to the Inklings. Fans of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien know that the Inklings was the name of the informal literary group ... all 2 news articles

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