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C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were members of a writing group known as the Inklings, a group that also included novelist Charles Williams, historian Warren Lewis, and philosopher Owen Barfield. In this groundbreaking book, Diana Glyer invites readers into the heart of their ... read more
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“No writer is an island, no idea is original, no effort is a solo effort. We stand upon the shoulders of giants, we collaborate with our colleagues and with the immortal words of our dead literary ancestors. Literature – indeed, all human endeavor – is dignified and uplifted through collaboration and cooperation. We sit atop a great erected infrastructure of human invention and effort, all of it embodied in the bricks and boards that surround us, and, most importantly, in the traditional knowledge that allows each generation to improve upon the bricks and boards of the last one.”
Cory Doctorow
Authors & Contributors edit
- Diana Glyer (Author)
Awards edit
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (2008: Inklings Studies)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 2008: Best Related Non-Fiction Book)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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- Books › Reference › Writing › Genre Fiction › Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Reference
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Study & Teaching
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British
- Books › Reference › Foreign Languages
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