/lit/ - Literature

>>22198502
Then the Malacandran's didn't have a society by your definition
They all just lived as they were meant to and did what they wanted
Otterfolk lived and made poetry and fished and hunted big spooky river monsters
Tall spindlybros lived and looked up at the stars and tired to do science and stuff
Frogcrickets pepe guys lived and built things cause they liked building things
They "traded" among eachother probably but it was more like them all letting eachother do what they were best at so they could all be happy
Shame about the birdpeople that all died when the planet got attacked by the bent one or whatever. They were probably cool

>>22142744
It's C.S. Lewis' best work
He read the greek myth of cupid and psyche and was disappointed by how the characters acted and how surface level they story was, so he retold the myth in his own way. It takes place in a barbarian kingdom north of Greece and is told from tbe perspective of psyche's sister. He made the characters have actual personalities and be dynamic, he added themes to the story beyond the singular theme of jealousy, which was the only original one, and the prose was sublime. You cant go a chapter without finding absolutely beautiful lines that make you stop a reread. What's more is that there is so much weight behind those lines so it's not just pretty sounding prose for the sake if it. It's not purple, it's lavender.

Also does anyone have these pic rel in higher quality? I'm a dirty phoneposter and saved the thumbnails by mistake

>>19672015
>yet the father's had departed, and the children were left alone in their kindergarten
Holy fuck kino added to the list thanks anon

>>19671211
These made me buy Lewis' space trilogy. Will be reading them after BotNS