Date

2016-05-27

Featuring

Ben, Matt

Length

58:29

Category

Review

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2021-05-25

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For once, I'm the one that doesn't like something. That's right, and it's not just something, it's CS Lewis!

The Space Trilogy

Ben

Out of the Silent Planet๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ
Perelandra๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ
That Hideous Strength๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠยฝ

Matt

Out of the Silent Planet๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ
Perelandra๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠ
That Hideous Strength๐ŸŸŠ๐ŸŸŠยฝ

Tolkien and Lewis had a bet: Lewis would write a space travel novel and Tolkien would write a time travel novel.

Literary References

  • Gulliver's Travels
  • HG Wells
  • Paradise Lost
  • Paradiso

Philosophy

Modernism

Marriage and Sexuality

Soteriology