C.S. Lewis basically said: “what if I mixed literally every mythology and Santa Claus into the same world?”

By modern standards, that should be a world-building disaster — and yet it still works.

This week’s episode celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We’re exploring the first two of five “impossible reasons” this classic story works, and what authors can learn from it:

Next week, we’ll explore the final three impossible reasons The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe works—don’t miss it.

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- https://www.crossway.org/articles/the-birth-of-narnia-and-why-tolkien-hated-it/

-“Sometimes Fairy Stories Say best What’s to Be Said” by C.S. Lewis

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