by Sven » March 16th, 2010, 7:44 pm
I just finished the sequel, Escape from Hell, and it has even more Lewis in it. For starters, it's dedicated to him: "To C. S. 'Jack' Lewis". Then, a sizable part of the first few chapters is taken up with a conversation between the narrator and the shade of Sylvia Plath in the Wood of Suicides, during which Plath discusses Lewis and his thinking quite a bit.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.