I know this is a stretch, but did Tolkien review the Chronicles of Narnia at all, sort of like how Lewis reviewed Lord of the Rings?
No he didn’t. He read probably the first few chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, because he objected to the mixture of our world with the fantastical world, with the Fauns, Father Christmas, etc. I am not sure about this, but I remember it might have also had to do with Lewis’ alteration of the Faun from the mythology of the time, to fit his needs.
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agibsongirl said:
JRRT had problems with the mixtures of mythologies. It wasn’t “pure” enough. While in LOTR, he created his own worlds, the mixture of worlds and traditions in Narnia annoyed him. He did, however, like the Space Triology very much.
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