stackyFACTSYou'd think the two grandfathers of modern fantasy would unconditionally support each other, but egos are fragile.
You'd think the two grandfathers of modern fantasy would unconditionally support each other, but egos are fragile. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were famously close friends, yet Tolkien absolutely despised 'The Chronicles of Narnia.' He thought Lewis was recklessly mashing up completely conflicting mythologies—like putting Father Christmas, Greek fauns, and talking beavers in the same universe. Tolkien essentially gave Lewis a brutal one-star review to his face.
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