Friendship Quote by Louis A. Markos

“Like his fellow genius, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis has redefined the nature of fantasy, adding richness beauty, and dimension... In our times, every fantasy realm…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Lewis was a scholar and deeply spiritual man, so it is no surprise that all his characters have to face the complex nature of…

— E.J. Kirk

“Tolkien would play a crucial role in Lewis’s conversion to Christianity, while Lewis would be the decisive voice in persuading Tolkien to complete The…

— Joseph Loconte

“Good books and good friends were critical in Lewis’s conversion.”

— Devin Brown

“The success of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings helped restore the reputation of these discredited genres, thus…

— Louis A. Markos

'The Chronicles of Narnia' are war-determined stories. I do not think Lewis could have written well or truthfully if he had tried to avoid…

— Stanley Hauerwas

“Lewis, anything but dull, suffered from an excess of misguided cleverness: he could disparage himself brilliantly in a matter of seconds. He knew literature,…

— Harry Mathews

“literature enlarges our world of experience to include both more of the physical world and things not yet imagined, giving the “actual world” a…

— Leland Ryken

“For (Levi) Grossman, no books feel more like home than C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, which provide the template for what he likes…

— Joe Fassler

The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he tells stories,'…

— Neil Gaiman

“The Lord of the Rings is a million times more interesting than mere literature, which is why mere literary critics cannot get to grips…

— Robert McNeil

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.

— George R. R. Martin