Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Aslan, the name of Lewis's mighty Lion-ruler of Narnia, comes from the Turkish word for lion. Lewis borrowed the name from the Turkish sultan's elite guards, which he saw on a trip to Turkey in the early 1920s. (Source)
The Silver Chair opens with Jill Pole being bullied, and Lewis used his own experiences of being bullied to help him write this scene. Bummer. (Source)
The C.S. in C.S. Lewis stands for Clive Staples. However, he disliked that name and decided to be called Jack instead, after his beloved dog. (Source)
Lewis was part of a literary group called the Inklings, which included such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. They met at Oxford in either Lewis' or Tolkien's rooms at university. (Source)