C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia series of kid books and the Screwtape Letters died. He was also a middling good science fiction writer. I always enjoyed his work and consider him an important writer within his area of interest.
At the time of his death I didn’t hear about it because Aldous Huxley died the same day and got most of the fanfare.
Huxley’s Brave New World was all the rage at the time, one of those books young intellectuals all asked one another whether they’d read, and of course they all answered, “Yeah, wasn’t it great?” whether they’d read it or not.
Overall I believe Lewis has stood the test of time better than Huxley, but we can’t go back and give Lewis a better funereal showing at this late date, so I just figured I’d mention it here.
Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 