If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

Wilson's biography of Lewis. [page needed]

Of Tolkien Lewis writes in Surprised by Joy:


Novelist
In addition to his scholarly work Lewis wrote a number of popular novels including the science fiction Space Trilogy for adults and the Narnia fantasies for children. Mere Christianity The Problem of Pain and Miracles were all concerned to one degree or another with refuting popular objections to Christianity such as "How could a good God allow pain to exist in the world?".

Media coverage of his death was minimal; he died on 22 November 1963—the same day that U. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) commonly called C.  S.