Sigh..

[textualdeviance]

So, I finished The Silver Chair last night, and I just have one question:

Did Lewis write ANY adult female character who isn't evil or dead?

Wow. No wonder he didn't get married until he was in his 50s. At least Tolkien seemed to admire strong women.

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[rebeccama.livejournal.com]

C.S. Lewis was much more sexist than Tolkien although his views on women improved a bit as he got older (which is, I believe, why they got away with the changes to Susan in the film).

While Wikipedia is not always the best source the entry for Lewis does have some interesting discussions and links on the subject.

Also of possible interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._M._Anscombe#Debate_with_C._S._Lewis

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

I was reading up on him a bit recently, and didn't realize that his initial marriage to Joy was only a green card sort of arrangement. And then she got sick. So I'm not sure he ever really had true, romantic/sexual love with a woman, which may explain a lot.

(My personal theory, of course, is that he had a Big Ol' Crush on Tolkien, which kept him from pursuing relationships with anyone else.)