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   Steve Hayes to spamgard@blueyonder.co.uk   
   Re: Charles Williams (was Re: AFT/RABT T   
   17 Jul 06 00:27:16   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:55:45 GMT, "Christopher Kreuzer"   
    wrote:   
      
   >John W. Kennedy  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >I noticed your sig:   
   >   
   >"The blind rulers of Logres   
   >Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."   
   >   -- Charles Williams.  "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"   
   >   
   >Have you read much Charles Williams? I haven't read anything by him,   
   >though I was fascinated by the description of him in Carpernter's   
   >Inklings biography. I would have liked to hear him speak, as his   
   >lecturing style sounds as if it was very engaging.   
      
   While never as popular as Tolkien or Lewis, Williams has an enthusiastic   
   following, but his books are difficult to get and rarely reprinted.   
      
   I haven't seen any in bookshops since the 1960s, and my copies are getting old   
   and battered.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes   
   Web: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/hayesstw   
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