by repectabiggle » June 7th, 2008, 9:38 pm
It was interesting, I suppose. It's kind of fun to see Lewis, who knew and loved so much of what some might call Literature with a Capital L defend what might be (and was, and is) disregarded as pulp by some.
I really do think Lewis would have liked Lucas's world-making, and I think there is some similarity in the manner, if not the matter, of Haggard's stories and Lucas's. If you can get a hold of the essay (I think it's in On Stories and Other Essays on Literature and I know it's in the Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces), it's interesting, even if you haven't read any Haggard (King Solomon's Mines, She, and some other adventure stories).