J J R wrote: > CS Lewis is another one of my favorite authors, and he's one of those > rare birds that is both an accomplished literary critic AND a successful > fiction writer. He's written essays about reading book reviews that > speculated on the intersection between Lewis's life and his fiction > work--how he let one influence the other. He said, without exception, > the book reviewers were wrong. I mean, they NEVER guessed right. He > didn't know if he was the rule or the exception, but I thought it was an > interesting observation. Hehe... Well, Iīm not saying I know anything about anyone, just that you read stuff and choose to believe some of it, whether itīs true or not... > It's a worthless enterprise, to me, to try to second guess authors in > that way. I'd rather just pay close attention to what they wrote :) Iīm not familiar with the expression "second guess", but I suppose you mean that youīd rather just read the work and get your own meanings from it, than try to compare with someone impression of the author??? In that case we totally agree... After reading all of JDS published work (I think) I read a biography (unofficial of course)... I didnīt learn much about him other than the fact that he seeks no attention (to put it mildly)... But I still love his stories... I donīt know which I like the most, though... The Glass-stories are truly amazing - reading one after another gave me the impression of reading a documentary... On the other hand I was also very fond of 9 Stories... I didnīt understand them all, but I didnīt have a need for that either... They sort of reminded me of Twin Peaks or something... Come to think of it - David Lynch could be a JDS-fan... Abra