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C.s lewis Lewis and fellow novelist [|J. R. R. Tolkien] were close friends. Both authors served on the English faculty at Oxford University, and both were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the " [|Inklings] ". According to his memoir // [|Surprised by Joy] //, Lewis had been baptised in the [|Church of Ireland] (part of the [|Anglican Communion] ) at birth, but fell away from his faith during his adolescence. Owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, at the age of 32 Lewis returned to the Anglican Communion, becoming "a very ordinary layman of the [|Church of England] ". [|[1]] His faith had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim. In 1956 he married the American writer [|Joy Davidman], 17 years his junior, who died four years later of cancer at the age of 45. Lewis died three years after his wife, as the result of [|renal failure]. His death came one week before his 65th birthday. Media coverage of his death was minimal; he died on [|22 November 1963] —the same day that U.S. President [|John F. Kennedy] was assassinated, and the same day another famous author, [|Aldous Huxley], died. Lewis's works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up //The Chronicles of Narnia// have sold the most and have been popularised on stage, TV, radio and cinema.
 * Clive Staples Lewis** (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as **C. S. Lewis** and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, poet, academic, [|medievalist], literary critic, essayist, [|lay theologian] and [|Christian apologist] from [|Belfast] , Ireland. He is known for both his fictional work, especially // [|The Screwtape Letters] //, // [|The Chronicles of Narnia] // and // [|The Space Trilogy] // and his nonfiction, such as // [|Mere Christianity] //, // [|Miracles] // and // [|The Problem of Pain] //.

This article is about the novel. For the film, see [|The Hunger Games (film)]. For other uses, see [|The Hunger Games (disambiguation)]. The North American first edition cover || [|Dystopian] Science fiction [|Young adult] [|Alternative history] [|Action novel] || //**The Hunger Games**// is a [|young adult] novel written by American television writer and novelist [|Suzanne Collins]. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by [|Scholastic], in hardcover. [|[1]] It is written [|in the voice of] 16-year-old [|Katniss Everdeen], who lives in a [|post-apocalyptic] world in the country of [|Panem] where the countries of North America once existed. The [|Capitol], a highly advanced metropolis, holds [|hegemony] over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a [|televised] battle to the death until only one person is left.
 * ~ The Hunger Games ||
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 * ~ Author(s) || [|Suzanne Collins] ||
 * ~ Cover artist || [|Tim O'Brien] ||
 * ~ Country || United States ||
 * ~ Language || English ||
 * ~ Series || [|The Hunger Games trilogy] ||
 * ~ Genre(s) || [|Adventure]
 * ~ Publisher || [|Scholastic Press] ||
 * ~ Publication date || September 14, 2008 ||
 * ~ Media type || Print (Hardcover, Paperback) ||
 * ~ Pages || 374 ||
 * ~ [|OCLC] Number || [|181516677] ||
 * ~ [|LC Classification] || PZ7.C6837 Hun 2008 ||
 * ~ Followed by || // [|Catching Fire] // ||

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[|books.google.com] The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien. [|Wikipedia] [|Original language] : English [|Preceded by] : [|The Hobbit] [|Characters] : Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo Baggins, Sauron, Gollum, Bilbo Baggins, More [|Genres] : Speculative fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, High fantasy, Chivalric romance, Adventure novel [|Copyright date] : 1954, 1987 ||
 * [|Author] : [|J. R. R. Tolkien]

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