He (Tolkien) and C.S. Lewis were supposedly great friends.... Lewis wrote the Narnia collection (for kids)...
And various christian/english/sci-fi books.... A couple of my favorite writers.... there was another well known author who was in their circle of friends at the time... can't remember who.. Just sending my 2 cents. :-) Yves On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:41:57 -0400, Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The first two, Gondolin and Nargothrond were two great elvish cities > >of Tolkien's Simarillion, the third, Moria was a ruined Dwarvish city > >from LOTR. > > > >Some fundies actually do think that LOTR is on par with Harry Potter - > >it has wizards and magic in it, THEREFORE IT IS EVIL. > > > I think the weirdest part of that is what a devout Christian Tolkien was (I > just read a great biography about him.) And LOTR's supreme lesson, I always > thought, was that relatively powerless people can overcome great evil. His > works are a study in what evil can do to people -- for instance, the effects > of the ring on Bilbo and Frodo over time and the taming of the Shire at the > end of the Return of the King. He used fantasy and storytelling to convey his > message, but it's there in everything he wrote. Tolkien was anything but a > promoter of evil. > > Judith > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144199 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
