Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!don From: don@allegra.UUCP (D. Mitchell) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: C. S. Lewis Message-ID: <2702@allegra.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 21:23:56 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.2702 Posted: Wed Aug 15 21:23:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:55:11 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 15 Yes, saying Lewis equated technology with satanism was too brief. In his trilogy, the forces of evil were technocrats, and the forces of good were 'in tune with Nature'. He also debated the merits of Space Exploration with Arthur C. Clarke. I recall reading Lewis saying something about how Space Exploration would lead to a sterile, mechanical society in which Man would lose his humanity. Perhaps someone knows where that quote is from and can find the exact words. At any rate, Lewis viewed technology with somewhat less than boundless optimism. At any rate, (recalling that this is net.BOOKS), I recommend Lewis' Science Fiction trilogy even if you find his view of Science opposed to your own. I thought these books were magical and read them several times.