Take a Hobbit to Lunch

 

As this is the anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien (1973), I thought I'd pass along this book recommend from one of the stalwarts at the Christian Pipe Smokers forum.

The book is The Gift of Friendship, by Colin Duritz.

It's a sort of twin biography, specifically about the friendship of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (and more broadly, the Inklings).

While this selection has not been *officially* vetted by the Homely Office, it seems to have pretty solid reviews. Anyone know if there is any similar book about Chesterton / Belloc?

When I get a little breathing room, I have been reading The Dialogues of Plato. I'm hoping to build up to a real, by-golly study of the Summa, and it seems one ought to be familiar with Plato and Aristotle first.

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Oh! I've also been bluffing my way through an interview with Gilbert magazine (coming to a Distributist newsstand near you!) They seem to think I might have something cogent and helpful to say about art, though I purchased my degree from a door-to-door entrepeneur (who was also selling frozen meat out of the back of a pickup), and have been paying a small village of Chinese artists to do my painting for over a decade. In short, I have had to lean on some obfuscation skills I developed and had not used since college, but have high hopes that the harrassed and sleep-deprived staff at Gilbert will not catch on to the depth of the fraud until after the issue has gone to press.

Comments

[Wanderingtree.wordpress.com]

May I also suggest The Inklings, by Humphrey Carpenter, who provides invaluable insight into the relationship between the writers...

http://www.amazon.com/Inklings-Tolkien-Charles-Williams-Friends/dp/0345295528

[Del]

There is a down-side to being Sean Dailey's friend...

[John Kasaian]

Gilbert?? I'm impressed! It's my favorite magazine.