charles williams

This was another case of revisiting a book I have read before, and more than once. It is hard, even after multiple readings, to categorize The Greater Trumps. Much of this author’s work has been labelled “supernatural thrillers.” I am not sure that is a good description of this particular...

See here https://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2019/11/lovecraft-on-charles-williams.html for a question about the printed text of a letter in which Lovecraft wrote about novels by Charles Williams.

Here's a place to discuss a thick collection of academic-style essays on the four authors named -- with plenty of attention having been given to J. R. R. Tolkien. Information about the award-winning essay collection is here: The Inklings and Arthur wins the Mythopoeic Award! The book...

Chrons has a subforum for J. R. R. Tolkien. This intention here is to provide a place for people to talk about the Inklings primarily as a group or to talk about some of the members who are less well-known than Tolkien. (It would be fine to talk here about Tolkien as an Inkling, but discussion...

Ever hear of this British author of 1930s-1940s novels that sometimes combine P. G. Wodehouse, John Buchan, Neoplatonism, etc.? He seems to me to have anticipated Tim Powers. He takes people off-balance: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-were-reading-charles-Williams I'd...

Quite a few years ago, the Charles Williams* Society invited members to create "reviews," for fun, of imaginary books mentioned in stories by CW. Interested? It occurred to me that Chronsfolk might enjoy playing this game. My sample below relates to Williams's thriller about the Holy...

There was some talk a while back about starting a topic like this one but it never materialized. However, with "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" coming out in a little over a month it seems like a timely subject. Catholics that I know find Tolkien's work to be intensely Catholic in all...