The Disreputable Bede on Nostr: Fascinated by early interplanetary sci-fi (War of the Worlds, etc) and spiritual ...
Fascinated by early interplanetary sci-fi (War of the Worlds, etc) and spiritual thrillers (Charles Williams), but unhappy with what was available to date, C.S. Lewis wrote to his friend J.R.R. Tolkien:
"We shall have to write books of the sort ourselves. Supposing you write a thriller that's a time-journey—you have such a strong sense of time—and I write one that's a space journey."
Tolkien's story The Lost Road turned out to not be so great, but Lewis' effort gave us his Space Trilogy (The Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength). What a gift!
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"We shall have to write books of the sort ourselves. Supposing you write a thriller that's a time-journey—you have such a strong sense of time—and I write one that's a space journey."
Tolkien's story The Lost Road turned out to not be so great, but Lewis' effort gave us his Space Trilogy (The Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength). What a gift!
#cslewis #tolkien #inklings #spacetrilogy #perelandra