Screwtape: 2005

Curubethion · 12-27-2005, 06:21 PM

What do you think would be in a modern version of the Screwtape letters? (I just finished reading them...food for thought-the end was a little creepy)

***Rían*** · 12-27-2005, 07:53 PM

yeah - dinNER!!!!

Gee, I don't know how it could be updated, really - the basic principles are sure always the same. A wonderful book, and very hard for Lewis to write!

inked · 12-31-2005, 12:51 PM

There have been several authors who sought to follow up the style in contemporary idiom (one I vaguely remember has a title like email from hell or such). However, it is rather like T. Brooks and the Shanarra series after Tolkien - just not the same!

hectorberlioz · 01-03-2006, 06:48 PM

Lewis said it came easy to him, too easy, which is why he hesitated to write it (Rian's "hard for Lewis to write"). I actuall thought about doing something like it, but settled for some exchanged letters between MM and SP

brownjenkins · 01-04-2006, 09:44 AM

anne rice (a devout catholic) has delved into god vs. the devil in a few of her books... most specifically memnoch the devil where both god and the devil are really the main characters of the story and the others take a back seat

it is an interesting take on the motivations behind god and the devil... through most of the novel, the devil appears as an almost sympathetic character, but the end leaves you wondering if it was all just some kind of mass deception

the book is somewhat graphic, probably too much so for many, but paints an interesting picture of the major themes of christianity and salvation

***Rían*** · 01-09-2006, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

Lewis said it came easy to him, too easy, which is why he hesitated to write it (Rian's "hard for Lewis to write").

No, I mean hard in the sense of it was almost damaging to his soul, in a way, to put and keep himself in that mindset while he was writing it.

inked · 01-31-2006, 05:22 PM

Marginally related but of interest to some...

http://catholica.pontifications.net/?p=1361

Huorn · 02-12-2006, 05:52 PM

It has been a while since I read the Screwtape Letters. But I immensely enjoyed the book when I read it. Much of Lewis I have enjoyed.

rohirrim TR · 02-13-2006, 04:04 PM

it was quite a book, creepy really, but brilliant, although, oddly enough not a very good conversation starter.

hectorberlioz · 02-15-2006, 04:29 PM

After hearing this disc:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=glance&n=5174
(and THAT demands an explanation in itself!)

I was inspired enough to write a letter from Screwtape to Slubgob, wherein Screwtape talks about music, and a particular music critic G.B. Pshaw (which is a joke, I believe, Lewis once used humourously in either The Four Loves, or Mere Christianity).

One of these days I'll post it

12-27-2005, 06:21 PM	#1
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Screwtape: 2005 What do you think would be in a modern version of the Screwtape letters? (I just finished reading them...food for thought-the end was a little creepy) __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

12-27-2005, 07:53 PM	#2
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	yeah - dinNER!!!! Gee, I don't know how it could be updated, really - the basic principles are sure always the same. A wonderful book, and very hard for Lewis to write! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

12-31-2005, 12:51 PM	#3
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	There have been several authors who sought to follow up the style in contemporary idiom (one I vaguely remember has a title like email from hell or such). However, it is rather like T. Brooks and the Shanarra series after Tolkien - just not the same! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

01-03-2006, 06:48 PM	#4
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Lewis said it came easy to him, too easy, which is why he hesitated to write it (Rian's "hard for Lewis to write"). I actuall thought about doing something like it, but settled for some exchanged letters between MM and SP __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

01-04-2006, 09:44 AM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	anne rice (a devout catholic) has delved into god vs. the devil in a few of her books... most specifically memnoch the devil where both god and the devil are really the main characters of the story and the others take a back seat it is an interesting take on the motivations behind god and the devil... through most of the novel, the devil appears as an almost sympathetic character, but the end leaves you wondering if it was all just some kind of mass deception the book is somewhat graphic, probably too much so for many, but paints an interesting picture of the major themes of christianity and salvation __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

01-31-2006, 05:22 PM	#7
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Marginally related but of interest to some... http://catholica.pontifications.net/?p=1361 __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

02-12-2006, 05:52 PM	#8
Huorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fangorn's Treeherd Posts: 393	It has been a while since I read the Screwtape Letters. But I immensely enjoyed the book when I read it. Much of Lewis I have enjoyed. __________________ Silver Valley Oak As for me and my house we will serve the LORD Just call me Oakie

02-15-2006, 04:29 PM	#10
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	After hearing this disc: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=glance&n=5174 (and THAT demands an explanation in itself!) I was inspired enough to write a letter from Screwtape to Slubgob, wherein Screwtape talks about music, and a particular music critic G.B. Pshaw (which is a joke, I believe, Lewis once used humourously in either The Four Loves, or Mere Christianity). One of these days I'll post it __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide Last edited by hectorberlioz : 02-15-2006 at 04:30 PM.

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