tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post3219073724668064833..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Tolkien vs. Lewis: Not the Last BattleMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-30168808820612208532010-07-12T23:39:29.384-04:002010-07-12T23:39:29.384-04:00I agree with the last post. Truly both are amazin...I agree with the last post. Truly both are amazing stories and to pit the two against each other is like pitting Star Wars against The Matrix. Silly if you ask me. <br /><br />I'm not impressed if Tolkien spent 1000 years writing new languages for his stories. All that matters to me is that the stories are told well and vivid. And I can hardly think either really fail at that.<br /><br /Auggybendoggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730767940271614636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-67043672797702655982008-05-20T13:31:00.000-04:002008-05-20T13:31:00.000-04:00Martin, I think that the real problem with the com...Martin, <BR/>I think that the real problem with the comparison is that Lewis was NOT trying to create a secondary world. He was offering a secondary version of this world--one where it is possible to visit other realms. Tolkien, on the other hand, WAS trying to create a secondary world. Also, the Chronicles are for children, and I think could be read by kids at least 2-3 years before LOTR. This Coathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288181462256561998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-85926835010271351022008-05-20T12:34:00.000-04:002008-05-20T12:34:00.000-04:00Paul,I think you're right about that sentence. I'...Paul,<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about that sentence. I'm going to change it, I'm just not sure how yet.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that there is a good deal of difference between what the two were trying to do, but one of the things they were trying to do was to create a secondary world. On that score, I think Tolkien just does a better job of it than Lewis. Tolkien really wanted it to be Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-90757762030582811052008-05-20T11:59:00.000-04:002008-05-20T11:59:00.000-04:00the mastery of the Christian literary imaginationD...<I>the mastery of the Christian literary imagination</I><BR/><BR/>Do you really mean for this phrase to sound as silly as it does?<BR/><BR/>Most of this is over my head; I'm just a regular guy, not a literary scholar.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me so obvious that <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> and <I>The Chronciles of Narnia</I> are very different in what they are trying to do, to the point that there's Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com