by Sven » September 27th, 2007, 7:52 pm
I think the reviewer, Jon Barnes, needs a fact checker. I really would have expected better from the Times Literary Supplement. The name isn't "E. R. Edison", it's "E. R. Eddsion", and he was never a member of the Inklings. The error wasn't the author of the book reviewed. On page 13, under the heading 'Guests and Gate-Crashers', Glyer mentions the two times the Inklings met Eddison, on 17 February 1943 and 8 June 1944. On the second occasion he brought along the rough draft of The Mezentian Gate to read to the group.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.