The early part of that Guardian article makes me want to vomit. Don't use children's fiction as a vessel for all kinds of religious-shoving-down-throats. I don't care if that's what Lewis intended. Just because the book is a religious allegory doesn't mean every single child ever has to read it. Why not bring back Pilgrim's Progress to the curriculum while we're at it?
But my real reason for replying was to say that Tolkien's a bit of a git to think that because he spent years and years perfecting a world then Lewis should do the same. Tolkien borrows just as heavily and at times inconsistently, but in the case of each book, it works.
Okay, a question: do you think the other Narnia books are now more or less likely to be adapted? This one gets so overdone. The others are less obviously Christian, although you will *hate* The Last Battle.
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Date: 2005-12-22 10:48 pm (UTC)But my real reason for replying was to say that Tolkien's a bit of a git to think that because he spent years and years perfecting a world then Lewis should do the same. Tolkien borrows just as heavily and at times inconsistently, but in the case of each book, it works.
Okay, a question: do you think the other Narnia books are now more or less likely to be adapted? This one gets so overdone. The others are less obviously Christian, although you will *hate* The Last Battle.