11/12/2010

Friday Flash 55: The Inklings


C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and others met at the pub,
Lifted a pint or two and discussed what to write.
They handed out drafts of their work to their peers
And talked about edits while having a bite.
Lewis and Tolkien went on to great fame,
And now all of us know them by name.

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The Eagle and Child Pub (known to local insiders as the "Bird and Baby") is in Oxford, England.  It was home to regular meetings of a group of writers who called themselves The Inklings.

And the rest is history.



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This is my offering for G-Man's Friday Flash 55. For more little morsels, pay him a visit.

27 comments:

  1. No kidding, to just be in that room and question those guys, then shoot the crap with them. Course, I think sometimes I talk with the next generation of those guys and it is awesome!

    Spiderman's Ride is my 55 this week.

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  2. so which pub do you want to meet at patti?

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  3. How awesome to visit such a landmark pub!
    (I'd love to raise a pint and make a toast there)

    An interesting and informative 55, Patti!

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  4. Like attracts like. This was neat. I like that dual meaning in the "inklings" - great name choice. Great 55, Patti!

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  5. I've been there - it's just that I missed them by a few years. I would love to have met them, though - especially Tolkien.

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  6. Thank God for modern times eh Patti?
    Back then they may have NOT let you in.
    Loved your 55 My Friend
    I would have been basking in historical literary glory.
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
    Galen

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  7. Patti

    Love the photo, now maybe we could convince Jeff to serve a pint, my writings would be better, however, on the other hand, it may take me 10 years to write that book like Tolkien, oops what am I saying it is taking me 10 years, blush.

    Smiles to you lovely 55er,

    cheers,
    joanny

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  8. two of my favorite writers! would love to have a beer there...

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  9. Any chance we can parlay a coffee klatch into something akin to a pub-crawl? There's nothing quite as inspirational as face time with the people who inspire us.

    (Raises her mug)

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  10. Now wouldn't that be a group to be part of!

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  11. What a neat piece of author's trivia. Love it.

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  12. Would have loved to have been there with them!

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  13. I LOVE Lewis. This was an inspirational 55.

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  14. For some reason it cracks me up that the pub's logo is a picture of a kid being carried away by a giant bird.
    And it's not even a stork. :)

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  15. I didn't realize they knew each other. Now I want to run out and join a writer's group.

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  16. terrific summation of some powerful literary history!

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  17. And that is how coffee hoses became famous in the 18th Century England!

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  18. I didn't know that! An educational 55 - thankyou. :)

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  19. I wish I could find a writer's group that would meet for a chat in my local! :)

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  20. What a nice tidbit of information. Wish I had a pub like that, and I don't even drink beer.

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  21. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall...wouldn't it have been wonderful to witness their meetings?
    -C

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  22. Thanks for coming, my friends. i agree with you all. Oh, to have been there.

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  23. An acquaintance of mine swears he visited Tolkien at his home. He says the walls were festooned with maps and runes from Middle Earth. I can't vouche for this acquaintance o' mine, but it may be true (or not).

    I do know this: I sojourned to a Mexican village in search of 'shrooms. I found pictures/posters/photos of Walt Disney everywhere. And I was told that Walt visited there every year to catch the mushroom harvest. And, I gotta say, whenever I watch the scene with the dancing mushrooms in Fantasia...I believe.

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  24. Sat in that pub with my writing colleague and imagined a scene with the "Inklings"

    Nice 55

    moon smiles

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