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265 From a letter to David Kolb, S.J. 11 November 1964
It is sad that 'Narnia' and all <font color="FF0013">that part [highlighted bu H-I] of C.S.L.'s work should remain outside the range of my sympathy, as much of my work was outside his. Also, I personally found Letters to Malcolm a distressing and in parts horrifying work. I began a commentary on it, but if finished it would not be publishable.
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that does not mean of course, and, in fact implies, that Tolkien liked
other parts, still more they were close friends, and he (JRRT) was appreciating Lewis' opinion greatly:
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L276 To **** Plotz, 'Thain' of the Tolkien Society of America
But Lewis was a very impressionable man, and this was abetted by his great generosity and capacity for friendship
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[Of C. S. Lewis's comments on The Lord of the Rings:] 'When he would say, "You can do better than that. Better, Tolkien, please!" I would try. I'd sit down and write the section over and over. That happened with the scene I think is the best in the book, the confrontation between Gandalf and his rival wizard, Saruman, in the ravaged city of Isengard.
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the main reason for disagreement between two came, i think, of their different, though in both cases Christian, theological outlooks. cf:
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L291 To Walter Hooper
I noticed, for the first time consciously, how dualistic Lewis' mind and imagination [were], though as a philosopher his reason entirely rejected this. So the pun Hierarchy/ Lowerarchy. And of course the 'Miserific Vision' is rationally nonsense, not to say theologically blasphemous.
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