Tolkien and Lewis were good friends for many years when they were profs together at Oxford. They were both members of a little group called the Inklings that met at a pub to discuss their literary works. If you're interested, there are a few good threads around here on their relationship and how it affected Tolkien's rendition of Sam and Frodo's friendship.
Lewis and Tolkien are the two authors I hold in the highest esteem, and I would as much love to meet Lewis as I would Tolkien.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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