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| FateotJediFreak wrote: |
I'm ashamed to say that the bible never even crossed my mind! I'm a terrible Christian! 
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Don't feel bad. 
My first thought was The Complete Chronicles of Narnia. 
| Caedus_16 wrote: |
| Blasphemer...Tolkein was twice the writer Lewis was! |
And I respectfully disagree!
Lewis and Tolkien had different strengths and, contrary to popular belief were very different people and writers. Tolkien was epic. He was a master at creating a vast world with believable languages, races, cultures, mythologies etc. To this day, I think few would disagree that Middle-Earth is the greatest fantasy world conceived by a single person.
However! I believe Lewis excelled Tolkien in many ways. The Narnia books are not epic fantasies. They are short, seemingly simple fairy tales. That's what is so brilliant about the Narnia books: Lewis did so much with so little. I continually find new things and new ways of looking at the Narnia books (example: recently I discovered that the Silver Sea was almost certainly inspired by Dante's words in Paradiso). I also think Lewis far surpassed Tolkien in wit. When I read Tolkien, I sometimes chuckle, when I read Lewis, I laugh out loud. I love his bluntness! He says the things everyone is thinking, but no one dares to say out loud.  I also prefer Lewis's characters. They're very simple, but they're so good. There's also a warmth in Lewis's writing that Tolkien doesn't have. Tolkien definitley has it, just not as much. When I'm reading Narnia, it feels like I'm a child again being told a story by a genial, slightly eccentric professor.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
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