C.S Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien

[william309]

I think Lewis's Narnia chronicles were more aimed at Kids, but I think The Hobbit was a great book for children, I read it myself as a child and I loved it.

[perusaphone]

An American published book entitled 'The Magicians Book' by Laura Miller, goes some way to explain all the tie ups with Tolkien/Lewis and the reading writing exploits therein, whilst they were at Magdalen University, Cambridge in and around 1929....
The book is more about 'Narnia', but interesting...

[Reading lady]

I enjoyed The Hobbit but really had to force myself to finish the trilogy. I much preferred the Narnia set. His other work is still on my reading list.

[Kdecicco]

Absolutely loved reading the Narnia series to my children......so much background and meaning in them that is not translated well to the screen.

[LoremasterTappa]

I enjoy both series. With the books I cannot really pick one as being favorite over the other one. That being said, with the movies I much prefer Lord of the Rings over Narnia. Although, truth be told, The Hobbit was severely lacking over the first three movies. It has been a while since I have read Chronicles of Narnia. I may have to re-read it soon.

I didn't know the two authors knew each other. That is definitely fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

[2Friendly]

Most of Lewis' other work is Christian Theology. Heavier than most things available today. His best, I feel was The Screwtape Letters.

I've never read The Screwtape Letters all the way through, but what i did read was really good. I'll have to go back to it again soon.

[Norma_Rudolph]

I love both authors but as was said, they are "worlds" apart. Each is strong as well as weak in their own ways. Each has influenced the science fiction/fantasy genre immensely.