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Did C.S. Lewis create the lamp-post in response to a comment by J.R.R. Tolkien?
J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had a pretty legendary rivalry/friendship.
In particular, it's fairly well known that Tolkien aimed for "higher" fantasy, compared to Lewis.
I've heard some people ...
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Was Dr. Ransom from C.S.Lewis' Space Trilogy based on J.R.R.Tolkien?
When reading Out of the Silent Planet, it struck me that Dr. Elwin Ransom, the protagonist, was a philologist like C.S.Lewis' good friend J.R.R. Tolkien. I have seen much speculation to the effect, ...
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Were there other literary topics that were covered by the Inklings?
I have read that J.R.R. Tolkien's Númenórean legend in the form of The Lost Road and the Out of the Silent Planet series by C.S. Lewis took shape from deciding on topics in their writing group, the ...
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