New C.S. Lewis Subsection - Vote Here [Archive] - The Dancing Lawn

Specter

08-09-2005, 07:25 PM

tgraveline

08-09-2005, 07:29 PM

its too tough for me to vote, so once people start voting, i'll throw my vote in once someone makes quite a stance on one or the other, lol. I'm so easy and without my own mind to vote. Who knows how i do it for the states, lol.

tg

waterhogboy

08-10-2005, 05:38 AM

I think shadowlands is good. Thats my personal fave...

Hwin_46

08-10-2005, 11:03 AM

I understand how each name works, but I follow Shadowlands too, simply because it fits so well (merelylewis makes sense, mind you, just not as flow-y) and if you'll read Randy Alcorn, he alludes to Shadowlands a great deal based on CS Lewis' writings

she-elfwarrior19

08-10-2005, 12:32 PM

Ya i have no idea what to vote for... hmmmmmmmmmmm

legolas

08-10-2005, 01:10 PM

I think shadowlands is good. Thats my personal fave...

ya, I like shadowlands

rosymole

08-10-2005, 01:32 PM

I'm going for Shadowlands. And there are reasons! Lewis wrote all of his non-CoN based books and the other things (Screwtape, Miracles, PofP etc) while still alive correct? therefore he was at the time living in what he called ''the Shadow Lands', yet he still was able to conjour up eloquently and persuasivly visions and arguments for the next world and/or Narnia..he saw forward and used his belief in somewhat dark times to enlighted the rest of the world, and so we can use this section to learn and appreciate while still havnig the haven of duffers etc to keep us happy..and I've realised that I'm not making a great deal of sense and not articlating very well..but anyway i really like the name...*goes to have a lie down*

legolas

08-10-2005, 01:34 PM

lol, well, that was strange. confusing, but strange. ;)

Specter

08-10-2005, 05:55 PM

This section is going to be a subsite to NarniaFans.com, kinda like http://greenbooks.theonering.net

legolas

08-10-2005, 05:56 PM

i get it now

inked

08-10-2005, 07:41 PM

Shadowlands...for all the excellent reasons rosymole articulated (at the cost of a lie down, now that's heavy thinking!).

rosymole

08-10-2005, 07:53 PM

Shadowlands...for all the excellent reasons rosymole articulated (at the cost of a lie down, now that's heavy thinking!).

I am a beast of articulation it's true..i know what i meant and that's what's important! :p

tgraveline

08-10-2005, 07:59 PM

he he, a lie down is a good thing to have after any moment of thought, in my opinoin at least. Quite refreshing and i'm able to go back to the single-track process of walking then.

tg

inkspot

08-11-2005, 11:32 AM

I voted for Merely Lewis because everyone else was voting for Shadowlands, and I didn't want Merely Lewis to think he was unpopular or anything like that. Either one I think is good.

Dernhelm

08-11-2005, 04:05 PM

I voted ShadowLands...because it just - works a little better.

tgraveline

08-11-2005, 07:22 PM

Ok, So what do people, besides rosy think that shadowlands means to them?

tg

Dernhelm

08-11-2005, 07:56 PM

This life.

waterhogboy

08-12-2005, 07:24 AM

inkspot

08-12-2005, 09:25 AM

To be honest - I gotta admit. I voted Shadowlands more because of how it sounds rather than what it meant. I know thats a bit cheap - but I do think shadowlands.narniafans.com runs smoother off the tongue - easier to remember.
That's true, merelylewis is difficult to say and doesn't look like a word, it looks like a typo. But why should it be penalized for that? I think that's profiling, and profiling is wrong ...

rosymole

08-12-2005, 10:41 AM

It's not that i dno't like the merelylewis one, i just think that perhaps that's more about the man his life etc and not what he produced through his life, although you could say that are one and the same..

tgraveline

08-12-2005, 12:33 PM

another good point from the crazy brit. Sheesh, i didn't know we got brains when we brought her on board paul, lol.

tg

Jene Sai

08-13-2005, 06:07 PM

My vote goes to shadowlands....reminds me of the 23 Psalm.....yea though we walk through the alley of the shadow of death we will fear no evil...

I don't know whether or not Lewis coined the phrase, but it is a masterful expression..for some reason it reminds me of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and by association Lewis's Pilgrim's Regress

-JS

legolas

08-13-2005, 06:26 PM

Thats an interesting way to think of it! I'm not saying it's bad, i'm saying i haven't looked at it like that before

pacifiquesea

08-13-2005, 09:19 PM

Honestly, I don't really like merely lewis at all. It's awkward, and unless you're already a fan it makes little sense. Shadowlands all the way!

she-elfwarrior19

08-14-2005, 09:11 AM

I decided to vote for...
*drumroll* lol
the
one
the
only
SHADOWLANDS
ok, im done

Specter

08-19-2005, 04:50 PM

Shadowlands has won by an almost complete landslide. :)

http://shadowlands.narniafans.com/

legolas

08-19-2005, 05:05 PM

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pacifiquesea

08-21-2005, 02:08 PM

Sweet. I was sort of thinking that if there's still another subsection coming, it would be cool to name it after one of the lone islands - Dragon Island, Felimath, Terabinthia, Galma. . . depending on the content of the subsection. Just an idea.

Darth_Digger

11-28-2005, 02:30 PM

23 Psalm.....yea though we walk through the alley of the shadow of death we will fear no evil...

-JS

I believe it is valley not alley - but i could be wrong! :D

Anyway - back onto the subject - i think that shadowlands is cool!

DD

Aslan the Wise one

11-28-2005, 02:41 PM

Yes. I also think shadowlands would be good to use...

KToI

11-28-2005, 02:47 PM

shadowlands sounds better in my opinion.

bugeater

12-10-2005, 09:50 PM

Shadowlands- hands down. :D

It is really a no-brainer. Oops! Shall not want to influence any future voter's mind.

Saruman

01-15-2006, 01:24 PM

Perhaps instead of "Merely" Lewis, why not "Mere Lewis"? Shadowlands doesn't really sound anything like a place you would discuss things about Lewis' books, essays and other writings. But for Mere Lewis, I think that would be great.

the Large Voice

01-21-2006, 03:06 AM

I vote Shadowlands... it sounds nice.:)

~Narnia 4 ever~

05-11-2006, 07:39 PM

I vote Shadowlands; I like the sound of it.

ABright5

06-08-2006, 09:57 AM

I like Shadowlands too.
And it looks like the mojority of people do.
lol

Aravis Kenobi

07-05-2006, 05:35 PM

I voted Shadowlands because I think more people will recognize the name.

Son of Adam

09-24-2006, 06:10 AM

I appear to be a bit late, but I voted for Shadowlands as well.

Char*Lu*LO

11-17-2006, 01:12 PM

Shadowlands sound cooler I gues you can say than the other on even though we are merely narnia fans

tottyfruitty

11-17-2006, 01:13 PM

i dont undertsand what we are voting for

Char*Lu*LO

11-17-2006, 01:20 PM

I think we are voting which one they should change the website title to
I am not 100% sure though that is just what I think

tottyfruitty

11-20-2006, 09:06 AM

which website?.............

Skulblaka_Shur'tugal

03-07-2007, 05:25 AM

I don't know. But shadowlands.narniafans.com sounds like a good title. There was a movie called 'Shadowlands' that was about the life of C.S. Lewis, so an Internet site sounds good to me.

reep

05-21-2007, 01:18 PM

We're trying to decide on a name for our new C.S. Lewis book section. We have two names to decide between.

This section will feature all Lewis and Narnia related books, indepth essays and more writings.

We've got another subsection coming soon, as well, so whatever doesn't win, it may go to the other.
Are you still trying to decide? It is already almost two years? I am very interested and would like to see your book section. If it exists - where?
Or may be you already gave up long ago and just forgot to erase your request?...

BUT... before posting I went back and found your announcement you made eleven days later

Shadowlands has won by an almost complete landslide. :)

http://shadowlands.narniafans.com/

APPARENTLY NOBODY NOTICED IT. THE REQUEST TO VOTE - REMAINS!

And your link... either does not exist or does not work...

.

GodPossessed

12-05-2007, 08:50 AM

Hello all - this is post #1 and already I have an opinion (go figure). I like MerelyLewis because, to me, Lewis was always about more than his allegories and illustrations, He was about the "mere" or unadorned truth behind them.

Mark

Lady Lasaraleen

12-28-2007, 12:49 PM

Professor_Lewis

02-21-2008, 07:45 AM

Merely Lewis? It seems to me people try to make too many plays off of Mere Christianity, and Shadowlands is actually about him, and I think is more not necessarily more "catchy" but more, I think, likable.

dawna

04-08-2009, 04:50 PM

I liked merely lewis too.

Catherine

07-08-2009, 02:26 PM

I'm in favor of Shadowlands.

Truman

08-25-2009, 08:14 PM

Umm...

...Ok, it's been over 4 years now, and I think... majority rules, right? :o I mean, call me crazy but Paul, you gotta get over here now and post so we know you didn't die or anything! ;)

...Or maybe you already made the section, but you didn't name it either "Shadowlands" or "Merely Lewis." ...?