[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2 live from jackson, mississippi, this is the mississippi book festival, and the next author panel will begin in about ten minutes. This panel on history and biography, former Governor Haley barbour will be par tis night the panel as well. If you want to see a full schedule of events go to ms msbookfestival. Com and if you want to see the coverage of booktv, go to booktv. Org on the righthand side of the page its the word, schedule, and you can scroll through that. More live coverage in just a few minutes. Sought to recapture Something Like the intense comradeship that sustained them during the crisis years so the launched the inklings, this two dabble in ink, who meat weekly to read and cuss their work and have a pint or two or three. Well, token helps lewis to find a are for his first Science Fiction novel in 1938. Most importantly it was tophickens co
Its the word, schedule, and you can scroll through that. More live coverage in just a few minutes. Sought to recapture Something Like the intense comradeship that sustained them during the crisis years so the launched the inklings, this two dabble in ink, who meat weekly to read and cuss their work and have a pint or two or three. Well, token helps lewis to find a are for his first Science Fiction novel in 1938. Most importantly it was tophickens conversation with lewis on the night of september 19, 1931, they talked about the nature of myth and christianity as the true myth. This conversation that lewis himself described as the immediate human cause of his conversion to christianity. Well, for his part, lewis becomes for tophicin his great advocate for pursuing his hobbitry. Tophicken said lewis gift was sheer encouragement over many years to cope on. He, lose, was for long my only audience, only from him did i get the idea that my stuff could be more than a private hobby. But for his
Thank you, chris, and thank you all for being here today. Delighted you got off to such a good start for the mississippi book festival. To put our best foot forward, put on a court and tie, and governor barbour wore socks in the summer. Anyway, before i make the introductions of the panel, i see former governor william winner in the audience. Were so glad to have you. [applause] and i saw former governor ronny muss grove earlier but i dont know whether he is in here, but he is on the grounds, too. So were glad so many people have turned out. Let me just briefly introduce each member of the panel. The one thing that struck me ive read all of the books, and how its, again, reminder how small and swim hat and interconnected we are in this state because there are characters in these books that appear in more than one book. One member of the panel appears in more than one of the books and its a reminder again of how we really kind of all together in this state. But beginning on my far right
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