title: As One Devil to Another: A Fiendish Correspondence in the Tradition of C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
author:  Richard Platt 
description: Most who come to <i>As One Devil to Another</i>, Richard Platt's homage to <i>The Screwtape</i><i>Letters</i>, will already be devotees of C. S. Lewis. They will not be disappointed....<b>ventriloquism on behalf of devilry is not easy, as is</b><b>clear from attempts by others. </b>... <b>It is impressive, therefore, that Platt has been able to</b><b>maintain a high standard over 31 letters</b>, the same number as in the original.... it forcesus to ask those questions which, as individuals, we need always to ask...<b>- A. T. Reyes, Groton School, Massachusetts, and Wolfson College, Oxford</b><b>The Journal of Inklings Studies</b><br /><br />Working within the tradition that the master perfected, Richard Platt brings a signature allhis own to the genre of diabolical correspondence: <b>social satire and psychological</b><b>incisiveness that are timely, timeless, and telling.</b><b>- James Como, Founding Member of the New York C. S. Lewis Society and author of</b><b>Why I Believe in Narnia: 33 Reviews &amp; Essays on the Life Work of C. S. Lewis.</b><br /><br />A witty and amusing insight into the wiles of fallen angels. Most enjoyable.<b>- Dr. Michael Ward, Chaplain at St. Peter's College, Oxford and author of The Narnia</b><b>Code</b><br /><br />Armed with thorough knowledge of Lewis' work and a deft, creative touch, RichardPlatt uses keenly edged satire to slice through the sham in our human failings andposturing, and the form those take in modern culture. In the winsome tradition of <i>The</i><i>Screwtape Letters</i>, this <b>immensely entertaining and deeply instructive book</b> usesirony to cast a positive vision of the truth about human destiny and potential, and the vast,unfailing love of God for His children. <b>-Dr. Wayne Martindale, author of <i>Beyond the Shadowlands</i>; coeditor of T<i>he Quotable</i></b><b><i>Lewis </i>and <i>The Soul of C. S. Lewis </i></b><br /><br />Richard Platt, writes with the same elegance, felicity and sarcastic wit that Lewis<b>did seventy years ago. In addition, Platt reveals a theological sagacity and</b><b>psychological acumen that almost matches Lewis' own.</b><b>- Will Vaus</b><br /><br /><span id="span_contact_Locked_A1NVOGJMCE3DM4" style="display: inline;">Youll have a hell of a time ... C. S. Lewis Scholar Walter Hooper compares Platts work to Lewiss Screwtape Letters and the association is well deserved ... delicious use of the English language. Highly recommended <strong>- The Library Journal, Starred Review</strong></span><br /><br />My Dear Uncle Slashreap,<br />You ask my reactions to the letters published by one Richard Platt entitled <em>As One Devil to Another</em>. . . a meretricious work of imagination after the fashion of the same detestable Lewis whose witty barbs at our expense we had thought finally to be rid of. What makes it dangerously insidious is that unfortunately all of it is true. Rest assured, however, that we have done our work too well to have it undone by this resurrected Lewis. We have little to fear from the exposure of your letters and can look forward with relish to the day when we partake of this authoras our Platt du Jour!<br /><br />Your loving nephew,<br />Scardagger<br />[With thanks to <strong>Dr. Sanford Lakoff, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego</strong> for discovering this communication.] (Scardagger )<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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  Paul Vincent Spade
  Version 1.0: July 1, 1996
  Copyright  1996 by Paul Vincent Spade
  Permission is hereby granted to copy this document in whole or in part for any
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  The “dragon” that graces the cover of this volume
  has a story that goes with it. In the summer of 1980,
  I was on the teaching staff of the Summer Institute
  on Medieval Philosophy held at Cornell University
  under the direction of Norman Kretzmann and the
  auspices of the Council for Philosophical Studies
  and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  While I was giving a series of lectures there
  (lectures that contribute to this volume, as it turns
  out), I went to my office one morning, and there
  under the door some anonymous wag from the In-
  stitute had slid the pen and ink drawing you see in
  the picture. It represents “Supposition” as a dragon,
  making a rude face a