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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Really? He was friends with Lewis.


4 posted on 03/19/2020 8:57:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Much more than friends-— he converted C.S. Lewis.


10 posted on 03/19/2020 9:00:50 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: nickcarraway
Really? He was friends with Lewis.

He didn't like Lewis's "Everything and the kitchen sink" fantasy of Narnia rather than a tight, internally consistent story like his own.

25 posted on 03/19/2020 9:38:46 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: nickcarraway

They were friends, but later Tolkien grew estranged for several reasons.


54 posted on 03/20/2020 5:42:43 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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