One of the things people miss about Lewis’ politics is that he really did find colonialism objectionable (he loved Edmund Spenser but was also absolutely scathing about his genocidal views on Ireland) and if you think the allegory in Narnia is unsubtle, you should try his take on tech bro fascism

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i complain about c s lewis's blunt, quarrelsome conservatism a lot but these things did lead him to write a novel which ends with jrr tolkien beating elon musk to death with a rock so i guess it evens out

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The Space Trilogy really does have the classic "good, great, awful" progression more often seen in film.

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I was flabbergasted to discover he'd missed it. Can't remember why we were discussing time travel, I mentioned Vimes, he denied Vimes had ever time travelled, I mentioned Reg Shoe's grave, Vetinari wearing the lilac etc and drew a total blank. Turns out it's the one discworld he somehow missed.

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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

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