Yes!
I had first read LOTR when I was 10 in 1964; I still have the First Edition DELL paperbacks tucked away in a box in a closet. I've read it at least 15 times over the years. It wasn't until much later that I began reading Lewis and discovered how their two lives were intertwined.
While attempting to express similar Christian concepts through allegory and parable their writing styles are different. I enjoy Tolkien's naturalistic approach more; Lewis is a bit too hung up on getting the logic right such that he comes off (at least in his non-Naria philosophical essays) as a bit more obtuse and unsettling. Tolkien to me feels more like a kindly old Uncle who is more comfortable in his Faith while Lewis is more of a stern father-figure who is firey in his Evangelicism.........JMHO.
Me too, me too! :-) - except my were the Ballantine editions. Loved the cover art that allowed you to put the books side-by-side together into a single picture. In fact, I have a poster of that artwork rolled up in my storage area.
I've read it at least 15 times over the years. It wasn't until much later that I began reading Lewis and discovered how their two lives were intertwined.
Right with ya again. :-)
While attempting to express similar Christian concepts through allegory and parable their writing styles are different. I enjoy Tolkien's naturalistic approach more; Lewis is a bit too hung up on getting the logic right such that he comes off (at least in his non-Naria philosophical essays) as a bit more obtuse and unsettling. Tolkien to me feels more like a kindly old Uncle who is more comfortable in his Faith while Lewis is more of a stern father-figure who is firey in his Evangelicism.........JMHO.
I like your analysis. :-)
Note: The books I disliked were the The "Prelandria" Series.
Sounds right. Tolkien was a comfortable Catholic, but Lewis was a convert. Someone new to the faith would be likely to be more foreceful about it.