[ SECRET POST #3069 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3069 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

12. http://i.imgur.com/T8cQrN0.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I actually only finished reading the Narnia Chronicles recently as an adult and I liked them. I agree, though, that his allegory is a little too on-the-nose for comfort. I'm more of a Tolkien fan in that regard. I would've been happier with more subtlety. I just like to keep my faith and fiction separate.

That said, I appreciate Lewis' enthusiasm for his faith. Personally, I do find the subjects he was exploring to be interesting, and his works have given me food for thought. But ignoring that, I still love the world and characters he created.

And, I agree about the dedication. I've read a few letters that Lewis wrote in response to letters he got from children and he's always so nice in them.

[(Anonymous)]

I think Lewis had a better sense of humour that Tolkein. That's what I love about his writing. There's a lot that's tongue in cheek, and I love when he addresses the reader.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I feel sympathy for you on that, the first time I was introduced to the Narnia Chronicles was when I was 8, and given that I was in a religious family and going to church school, the preachiness did not bother me.

However after the Disney LWW movie came out I bought an omnibus edition of the whole series and started reading it - I really saw it then, especially as this was after I'd finally got around to reading The Hobbit, so I was very much comparing them. Let's just say Lewis's writing for children felt massively condescending compared with Tolkien.

However even despite all that, the books remain fond memories of mine.

[(Anonymous)]

Even as a kid I read The Last Battle and thought, "What the hell is this preachy stuff? Where's the real story?"

[iceyred]

TLB was the weakest book in the series for that reason. The others were better.

[(Anonymous)]

You read that incredible battle sequence--where the fucking BEAR lies down and dies after mumbling yet again "I don't understand"--and THAT'S all you came away with? Seriously?

Grow a heart, man.

[(Anonymous)]

I have news for you: there is a lot more to that book than the single scene you mentioned and there is a lot of very unsubtle, very in your face preachiness that is a huge turn off for some people. I'm not sure why you're unable to grasp that not everyone is going to enjoy what you enjoy, but hopefully this won't be too much of a shocker to you.

[(Anonymous)]

i already commented on the three things that drove me nuts about this book in yesterday's thread and no one said anything.

[dreemyweird]

Aww, OP, this is a very touching secret. There's something very nice about the idea of someone liking something about a writer's personality despite disliking their works. And I agree, I've always been fond of this dedication!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. Especially since DISliking authors personally in spite of liking their works seems to happen so often. :/

(I'm not saying people shouldn't sour on others because of their behavior, I'm just saying that this post is refreshing by contrast.)

[(Anonymous)]

That really is a beautiful dedication...

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[intrigueing]

It was the first thing I read when I first got he Narnia books, and it always stuck with me. It is so beautiful.

[(Anonymous)]

That is really adorable, OP.

Awww. I wish I had a relative like that.

[(Anonymous)]

Preachy? No. There's some dogma in LWW and TLB but you have to be looking for it in LWW and by the end of the series, Lewis had earned the right to let Jesus take the wheel, as it were. The vast majority of the series can be enjoyed (and has by children of all faiths) as a fantasy series. It saddens me that Lewis has become the latest fanpundit punching bag. His stuff is incredible--so rich so rewarding on so many levels.

[(Anonymous)]

"you have to be looking for it in LWW"

You serious? Even as a child, I understood that Aslan was being sacrificed like Jesus on the cross. That's not exactly a deeply buried similarity.

"It saddens me that Lewis has become the latest fanpundit punching bag. His stuff is incredible--so rich so rewarding on so many levels."

fanpundit punching bag = someone didn't care for his work, apparently? Wow, you're wound up too tight over this. Just because someone doesn't like C.S. Lewis doesn't mean they're disliking it to spite you, or to follow some literary trend.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

One of these replies comes off as wound up too tight, but it's not the first comment.

[tree_and_leaf]

It's not a hugely deeply buried similarity, but all the same, lots of people don't pick up on it, particularly if they read it in childhood and don't reread later/ don't read "The Last Battle". I recall ending up explaining that it was an allegory to a friend who was in their third year at uni, had grown up in a church-going family, and was themselves a practicing Christian. It just didn't register with them at the time.

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of his letters to children are very charming (and there are plenty without any religious content/preaching).