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The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetic novel by C. S. Lewis and dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien.It is written in a satirical, epistolary style and, while it is fictional in format, the plot and characters are used to address Christian theological issues, primarily those to do with temptation and resistance to it.
The Screwtape Letters represent his side of the correspondence with his nephew Wormwood, as mentor to the young demon who is charged with the guidance of one man. He has a secretary called Toadpipe. The Toast is Screwtape's after-dinner speech at the Tempters' Training College and satirises American and British or English public education.
The volume also contains a follow-up to Lewis' 1942 novel The Screwtape Letters in the form of "Screwtape Proposes a Toast." The second, fourth and fifth pieces were published in the U.K. in a volume called Screwtape Proposes a Toast and other pieces (1965); the first, sixth and seventh were published in the U.K. in Fern-seed and Elephants and ...
The Space Trilogy (also called the Cosmic Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy) dealt with what Lewis saw as the dehumanizing trends in contemporary science fiction. The first book, Out of the Silent Planet , was apparently written following a conversation with his friend J. R. R. Tolkien about these trends.
Lauded by the New York Times for its imagination, theatrical skill and daring, theatre critic Neil Genzlinger called the production thought provoking "with plenty to say to those interested in matters of the spirit." In the following years Magis worked closely with the C. S. Lewis estate to make its adaptation available to over a dozen theatre ...
[13] Michael John Petty of Collider favorably compared the movie and its source material, to the 1998 film Fallen, The Conjuring series, and to a greater extent The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, and states that "Nefarious rises above the general clichés associated with faith-based productions and stands out as something increasingly more ...
Last called the book "brilliant" and a "tour de force, essential reading for anyone wondering how our civilization can survive the current moment." [ 12 ] Eberstadt is the author of several other books, including How the West Really Lost God, published in 2013.
There is another work based on The Screwtape Letters called To My Dear Slimeball. It is a spin-off that is meant mostly for youth, but I think it should be on the "Other literary sequels" list. The book is written by Rich Miller, in 1995.120.29.112.93 10:53, 30 January 2018 (UTC)