C.S Lewis
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C.S Lewis
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i love medieval literature tooStar wrote:I absolutely LOVE medieval literature, I'm very fond of The Pilgrim's Regress...despite the fact many critics gave it poor reviews. C.S.Lewis is amazing These are all wonderful reads
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Nevertheless I'm a big CS Lewis fan, his "Screwtape Letters" a classic treasure of wit and irony. And in philosophy, his "The Problem of Pain" is essential, and later, the much more powerful and intense "A Grief Observed" (after the death of his wife).
Incidentally, who's seen the superb film about Lewis and his love for his wife, "Shadowlands", w. Anthony Hopkins just perfect as Lewis. I highly recommend this film for Lewis fans.
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From what I've read, I love love love C.S.Lewis' writing style in the books. He writes as though he is literally speaking to the reader face to face and engages the reader on a personal journey through the Chronicles of Narnia.
I do wish I read the entire series when I was younger though, but there's nothing I can do about that now, other than read it out in my more mature state of mind. Hopefully, it would have the same effect as it would have back then.
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Not to disparage great juvenile or as it's now called, YA fiction. Wonderful but not for grownups except for nostalgic reasons.
There are many great writers out there whose fiction drives me into total boredom. Most are of the typical 19th century style, long expository passages. Wonderful people and terrific authors like Isaac Asimov (whom I met and liked immensely) but many of his novels bordered on the pedantic. I liked reading them but kind of outgrew them.
Same for Narnia and Harry Potter. Of course I was years older when the Potter books came out, therefore only skimmed them. A bit of fun but hey, I'm not too big a fantasy fan anyway.
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