The Dark Tower by C. S. Lewis

The Dark Tower

And Other Stories

C. S. Lewis

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 14, 2017

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s definitive collection of short fiction, which explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind.

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A compact mix of wonder, thought, and a slightly unsettling gleam.
Genres
Short Stories (Single Author), Sci-Fi Short Stories, Christian Fiction
Published
HarperCollins, February 14, 2017

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A repackaged edition of the revered author’s definitive collection of short fiction, which explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind.

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From C.S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—comes a collection of his dazzling short fiction. This collection of futuristic fiction includes a breathtaking science fiction story written early in his career in which Cambridge intellectuals witness the breach of space-time through a chronoscope—a telescope that looks not just into another world, but into another time. As powerful, inventive, and profound as his theological and philosophical works, The Dark Tower reveals another side of Lewis’s creative mind and his longtime fascination with reality and spirituality. It is ideal reading for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis’s longtime friend and colleague.

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A compact mix of wonder, thought, and a slightly unsettling gleam.

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  • philosophy in a speculative key
  • short-form fantasy with a reflective edge

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  • brief, self-contained pieces
  • ideas that linger after the page

Where it sits

Sci-Fi Short Stories72%
Short Stories (Single Author)51%
Christian Fiction29%

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Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Literary Fiction
  • Faith & Fiction
  • Sci-Fi Short Stories
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  • Time Travel Fiction
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Visionary Fiction
  • Christian Fiction
Authors
C. S. Lewis
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 14, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy Anthologies