The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis · first published 1952
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Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin travel back to Narnia through a painting where they board a ship named "The Dawn Treader." They find King Caspian and a mouse on the ship and they find mystical creatures and go on a mission that will decide Narnia's fate!
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…and from Women's Day 1959 has tomatoes, vegetable salad, and a fruit basket. Both have more than just potatoes. "Wavering in and out of vegetarianism" As was recently pointed out to me, C.S. Lewis in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", written in the 1950s, ridicules vegetarianism as being faddish. It's easy to believe that the author created examples specifically to illustrate a point, rather than to describe real cultural trends.…
on “Is Food the New Sex? (2009)” ↗…bad, so less tyranny is always more good! I'll sign off with my own C.S. Lewis quote. "One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts." -- C. S. Lewis (2010). “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
on “Ask HN: Best cars without too much digitalization?” ↗…half-minute to remember certain dreams they had had–dreams that make you afraid of going to sleep again–and to realize what it would mean to land on a country where dreams come true. ' - C. S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader
on “Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability” ↗…answered Ramandu... “In our world,” said Eustace, “a star is a huge ball of flaming gas.” “Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is but only what it is made of." [--Ramandu] C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
on “The Truth, by Stanisław Lem (1964)” ↗…one sermon that really gave the topic of heaven much thought, and none that talked about hell. I'm at a loss to explain why your experience and mine are so different. BTW, if you've read C.S. Lewis's Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I have always thought that the monopods (duffers) were a congregation, and their chief a pastor who is constantly preaching boringly obvious things: "And what I say is, when chaps are visible, why, they…
on “Donald Knuth on work habits, problem solving, and happiness (2020)” ↗…managing wealth things become tainted. He may even realize he's a dragon (speaking as a fellow twisted man). C.S. Lewis had some things to say about people who suddenly realize they are dragons in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." The problem isn't wealth, it is our hearts.
on “I regret selling my startup” ↗In C.S. Lewis' book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", the travelers meet a "retired" star, Ramandu: "In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." "Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, only what it is made of.…
on “Is the Sun Conscious? (2021) [pdf]” ↗