The Innie, the Outie and the Elevator: Severance and C.S. Lewis

How the Apple TV series draws on Narnia and more

Feb 11, 2025

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This article will discuss spoilers for Severance, the Apple TV science-fiction thriller currently in its second season. I’d recommend this excellent article on why the show is good science fiction, according to C.S. Lewis’ six sub-species of the genre outlined in the essay “On Science Fiction,” republished in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories.

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Severance, C.S. Lewis, and Good Science Fiction

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