C.S. Lewis & Albert Camus

[Boy Howdy]

Two very different writers, but not only do I want to read everything I can by each of them, their books are the type I hang onto and re-read.

Camus' novels are about the only fiction I make time for, while I generally stick with Lewis' philosophical works.

Noam Chomsky is about the only other non-baseball writer I will buy anything by.

[Lucky Jim]

Two very different writers, but not only do I want to read everything I can by each of them, their books are the type I hang onto and re-read.

Camus' novels are about the only fiction I make time for, while I generally stick with Lewis' philosophical works.

Noam Chomsky is about the only other non-baseball writer I will buy anything by.

The Fall is outstanding.

I'm working on an essay (slowly) about pragmatism and existentialism, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Albert Camus. Remarkable similarities in how their conception of valor and individuality within socio-military context.

I've never read any CS Lewis.

[DREKTUNES]

The Fall is outstanding.

I'm working on an essay (slowly) about pragmatism and existentialism, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Albert Camus. Remarkable similarities in how their conception of valor and individuality within socio-military context.

I've never read any CS Lewis.

I remember being very moved by A Grief Observed (after working my way back to it from the film Shadowlands, to the play, missing the made-for-tv film entirely).

[TyCobb]

Camus is the man. "The Stranger" is my favorite book. One of the few books I actually re-read.

[Scrat1]

I'm not sure if it was just a poor translation or not, but I couldn't stand The Plague. I haven't tried any of his other stuff.

[Jimbo81]

I read the Screwtape letters by C.S. Lewis when I was 17 and thought what the hell is wrong with this guy... then I grew up.:D

[TyCobb]

I'm not sure if it was just a poor translation or not, but I couldn't stand The Plague. I haven't tried any of his other stuff.

The Plague is great. I got the Stuart Gilbert translation. It is a pretty slow book but is pretty sweet. When I read it, I see a connection to the Holocaust. But I am crazy. Most likely it is about the actually Plague that hit Oran in the 1800s. I really like how the characters deal with death in this book. More so than how The Stranger does. They actually care about it as oppose to The Stranger where Meursault doesn't care at all.