Don Cram

The books I read from daily, usually just a couple of pages from each, are an eclectic lot. Among them currently is Walter Hooper’s edit of the diary of C.S. Lewis, All My Days Before Me, for 1922-1927, before he became a Christian. Sometimes I research the people he met or look at the map of where he took his daily walks outside Oxford. Sometimes there are other serendipities.

In today’s entry, Lewis mentioned that he went into Oxford to the library and checked out The Road to Endor by E.H. Jones. I’ve never heard of it. Investigating the title I discovered that Neil Gaiman read it at age ten and that it had a life-long effect on him. Another who read it and never forgot it was Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller magicians fame.

So many books, so little time.

By the way, I located Walter Hooper through Wheaton’s C.S. Lewis Library and am writing him a thank-you letter. Without his editing, none of us would have seen much of what C.S. Lewis wrote. Thank you, Dr Hooper.