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I picked up this one because it was written by one of my former teachers. Bandersnatch is a look at the Inklings, a group of authors and scholars in the mid 20th Century who included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. The group would gather regularly to socialize and share their various works in progress. Dr. Glyer shows the different ways in which individual Inklings would influence each other's writing. From that, she draws out how modern writers and other creatives can likewise help each other refine their own projects. Dr. Glyer must have taken her own advice, because Bandersnatch was interesting without being too nerdy for someone like me who is only a casual Lewis fan. The text flowed smoothly and made for some pleasant evenings reading on the couch. Check it out! (Or you serious scholars may want to read her earlier work, The Company They Keep, instead. Bandersnatch is an adaption of that book for a wider audience. I chose to read this one since I'm wider than I was in high school.)

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// posted by John @ 4:43 PM