La «Trilogia cosmica» di Lewis è per la fantascienza quello che «Il Signore degli Anelli» è per il fantasy – senza l’una non avremmo l’altro. «La nostra intenzione originaria era di scrivere un ‘thriller’ un viaggio nello spazio (il suo) e un viaggio nel tempo (il mio), dove scoprire il Mito ... Soltanto da lui ho avuto l’idea che la mia ‘roba’ potesse essere qualcosa di più che un passatempo privato. Senza il suo interesse e il suo desiderio incessante di altre pagine da leggere, non avrei mai portato a termine “Il Signore degli Anelli”». J.R.R. TOLKIEN
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954. He was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures. Lewis was married to poet Joy Davidman. W.H. Lewis was his elder brother]
