How a Coin Toss Led to C.S. Lewis’ Ransom Trilogy
The story behind Lewis and Tolkien’s science-fiction deal
Looking around at the science-fiction writing of their day, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were frustrated. That frustration and a coin flip changed their literary futures.
Bad writing filled much of the sci-fi in their day. The stories that rose above artistically were often nihilistic propaganda for a religious devotion to sc…
