That said, being brought up on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe hardwired Christianity in me. But, even as a child, I shivered—in semi-delight—at the sadistic elements in that. He quite likes to humiliate and expose his characters.
CS Lewis had definite sadistic tendencies evident in That Hideous Strength and the lesbian protagonist within. He was a bit too much of a moralist for my tastes. He turned atheist after reading Lucretius, and he came back to Christianity in a very literal and cold way, I think.
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Tolkien is the superior writer of the pair, because he reached into the deepest mythologies available and was a more comprehensive world builder. As a Catholic, he was as sumptuous as Lewis was austere.
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