[VampirePrincess]

He is part of the group called The Inklings... Which includes Tolkien.

Anyway i love his work... I love Out of the Silent planet and the Chronicles of Narnia.

Does anyone here read his books? And if so which ones?

[Shanoncia]

I read some of C.S. Lewis when I was younger. I don't remember very much but I did like it. :)

[chocky]

I've read the Chronicles of Narnia several times. The ones I like best are the Silver Chair and Voyage of the Dawntreader.
I have not read them in years but think of them fondly.

[Rachel]

I love the Narnia chronicles and try to re-read my set at least once a year. :)

Last year while I was in Germany I started reading his Space trilogy, but with one thing and another I got about halfway through Out of the Silent Planet and then for some reason never picked it up again. But the next time I get a craving for sci-fi I will.
--Rachel

[VampirePrincess]

Out of the Silent Planet took me awhile to read because it was so detialed but I liked it... So many detials though. If they ever make a movie with that book oh buy would it be destoryed cause its like reading a science book only way more interesting.

[allanon]

I like "Narnia" very much. The second book is my favourite.
I love also one his book called Screwtipe's Letters" or something like that. It was about the battle between God and Devil in the soul of a human... interesting, really.

[VampirePrincess]

Screwtape Letters was really good... I only read bites of it but I am plaining to buy the book and read more.

[Elan Morin Tedronai]

Ahhh, "Scretipes Letters" rullz! This book is one of his best. And "Chronicles of Narnia"....:) This series is classic in the Children litterature! Az "Harry Potter" and "Ronia the Robbers Daughter", as "Pooh" and "Alice in Wonderland"!

[Jacquin]

I love C.S. Lewis, the Narnia chronicles are great and I really enjoyed Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, I had a lot more trouble with That Hideous Strength though.

Also I used to drink in the Eagle and Child where the Inkings used to meet, quite a nice little pub.

J

[jfclark]

The space trilogy is one of the weirdest trilogies out there. It is a trilogy, technically, but the only things linking the books are a few overlapping characters and some overarching themes. The three books are wildly different stylistically:

Out of the Silent Planet (Mars) is a pretty straightforward Earthlings-on-a-distant-planet story with a healthy dose of Christological metaphor.

Perelandra (Venus) is hardly an adventure story at all. It's far more allegorical in nature, with a small cast of characters, and really is a meditation on the Book of Genesis.

That Hideous Strength (Earth) is perhaps best classified as a spiritual thriller, with a strange but compelling Arthurian element. Can also be read as a statement by Lewis on contemporary civilization.

It's a fantastic trilogy, but it's easy to see why some people would like one or two books but not the third, or vice versa. I don't know of any other science fiction with such a theological bent.