The Great Divorce

***Valandil*** · 10-15-2006, 10:21 PM

I'm reading "The Great Divorce" in a study group.

Who else has read it? Thoughts?

Curubethion · 10-16-2006, 12:06 AM

That was the one with the bus ride to Hell, right?

***Valandil*** · 10-16-2006, 07:13 AM

Close... actually FROM Hell, to Heaven.

hectorberlioz · 10-16-2006, 04:05 PM

I have almost bought that book about a dozen times...I always bought something else

...I need to get it.

***Valandil*** · 10-16-2006, 07:29 PM

Yes - It's very good. And a quick read, too.

***Rían*** · 10-16-2006, 09:57 PM

Very good book! It has some real insights in it. I enjoy it every time I read it. I like the concept how people get farther and farther away from everything as they get farther from God, and how we're too "wimpy" to handle reality - how the very grass hurts our feet in heaven until we're made stronger.

rohirrim TR · 10-17-2006, 12:40 PM

I just read that about a month ago. I need to read it again though I didn't quite understand it all yet, and Lewis usually takes about two readings..for me anyway.

hectorberlioz · 10-18-2006, 05:48 PM

On Amazon, The Great Divorce is No.1,700 odd on the sales rank for books. Mere Christianity is:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217 in Books

ecthelion · 11-07-2006, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

On Amazon, The Great Divorce is No.1,700 odd on the sales rank for books. Mere Christianity is:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217 in Books

Does Amazon sales rank tell you anything about the quality of a book?

hectorberlioz · 11-07-2006, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ecthelion

Does Amazon sales rank tell you anything about the quality of a book?

No indeed...i'm just glad people are buying it!

hectorberlioz · 01-16-2007, 07:43 PM

I read it

, and it's now one of my favs. It was really moving, and the concept of heaven being hard to live in for the lost people...ingenius.

10-15-2006, 10:21 PM	#1
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	The Great Divorce I'm reading "The Great Divorce" in a study group. Who else has read it? Thoughts? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

10-16-2006, 07:13 AM	#3
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Close... actually FROM Hell, to Heaven. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

10-16-2006, 04:05 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	I have almost bought that book about a dozen times...I always bought something else ...I need to get 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

10-16-2006, 07:29 PM	#5
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Yes - It's very good. And a quick read, too. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

10-16-2006, 09:57 PM	#6
*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	Very good book! It has some real insights in it. I enjoy it every time I read it. I like the concept how people get farther and farther away from everything as they get farther from God, and how we're too "wimpy" to handle reality - how the very grass hurts our feet in heaven until we're made stronger. __________________ . 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!

10-16-2006, 12:06 AM	#2
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	That was the one with the bus ride to Hell, right? __________________ 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)

10-18-2006, 05:48 PM	#8
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	On Amazon, The Great Divorce is No.1,700 odd on the sales rank for books. Mere Christianity is: Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217 in Books __________________ 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

01-16-2007, 07:43 PM	#11
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I read it, and it's now one of my favs. It was really moving, and the concept of heaven being hard to live in for the lost people...ingenius. __________________ 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

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