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The Inklings Archives are recordings of talks given at Church House, Westminster between 1977-1983, relating to the group of writers who formed the "Inklings": C S Lewis, J R R Tolkien, Charles Williams, and other writers who influenced them, including George MacDonald. The meetings were organised by Nigel Sustins, then Manager of Church House Bookshop, who made the recordings. Each CD is 70-75 minutes in length. The speakers are: [Track 1] Tom Shippey, author of the seminal "Road to Middle-Earth" (1982) and the more recent "Tolkien: Author of the Century" (2000), talking about the concept of the "righteous pagan" in Tolkien and other related literature. This is from a meeting held on 30th September 1982. [Track 2] Rolland Hein, author of "The Harmony Within: the Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald" (1982), and many other works, whose subject is "Dreams in George MacDonalds Lilith. This is from a meeting held on 29th June 1983. The Inklings Archives are being produced in a limited edition of 100 sets, authenticated in this instance by a photograph of Tom Shippeys book "The Road to Middle-Earth" and a copy of "Lilith", each photograph bearing the number of the copy and initialled by Nigel Sustins. The recordings, originally on tape, have been converted to digital format and transferred to CD. Any deficiency is more than made up for by the unique and historic nature of the material
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