1. C.S. Lewis and Philip K. Dick
Utopia Vs. Dystopia

2. C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) Mother died when he was ten
Married American writer Joy Gresham
Friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien
Influences: Irish heritage, Christianity
Best known for: “The Chronicles of Narnia”

3. Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982) Parents divorced when he was five
Dropped out of college
Married five times, divorced five times
Influences: questionable sanity (schizophrenic?), drug abuse, spirituality

4. Utopia
“Place, state, or condition ideally perfect in respect of political views, laws, customs, and conditions” – Oxford English dictionary
Example: the land of Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia”

5. “Narnia,” answered the Horse
“Narnia,” answered the Horse.  “The happy land of Narnia – Narnia of the heathery mountains and the thymy downs, Narnia of the many rivers, the plashing glens, the mossy caverns and the deep forests ringing with the hammers of the Dwarfs.  Oh, the sweet air of Narnia!  An hour’s life there is better than a thousand years in Calormen.” – “The Horse and his Boy” (page )

6. Dystopia
Common causes: evil, ignorance, and stupidity (ex: nuclear fallout from some war)
Society usually ruled by a very strict totalitarian government

7. Intersection
C.S. Lewis and Philip K. Dick compliment each other in both their lives and their work
By examining both authors we get to see life from both sides of the spectrum through their work and the lives they lived