Posted on 10/16/2005 7:34:14 AM PDT by cloud8
The Chronicles of Narnia are somewhere in between The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. The genius of C.S. Lewis is how he interweaves deep philosophical questions in a book with simple language accessible to children. Re-reading the book as an adult, I find myself marvelling at how he does it.
that's an interesting point. i wonder if dark materials was written as an atheist version of narnia. it does have a certain resemblance.
My cursory following of the story tell me that Jack's stepson has some degree of editorial control. And, iirc, he is a Christian.
I just read this to our daughter, who has read ALL the Narnia books, and she's wondering which books Pullman was reading to come up with his ideas. But then she said that you couldn't expect much else from a man who writes Gnostic fantasy. She has read Pullman's trilogy called "His Dark Materials", and he is quite antagonistic toward religion in general, and God in particular.
We are very excited about the movie! WETA Workshop, the group that did the special effects for the LOTR movies is also doing the effects for Narnia. It's looks great in the trailers!!
"The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" won't do that, but "The Horse and His Boy" sure would! But we're thinking that it is so much more removed from the central story and characters that it may not be made into a film.
"Quite antagonistic"? That's an understatement. I've never read any "children's book" as full of hate and lies and rabid anti-God idiocy as the last of Pullman's trilogy.
I read them...."That Hideous Strength" could make a tremendous block buster if done right....I read it for the first time 25 years ago and felt as though Lewis was a prophet...now as I look at the world around me I feel as though he truly was...
Keep the faith and watch out for the "Macrobes!"
The inner subtle satire of our entire western heritage was just wonderful through-out the whole book.
May the powers of "DEEP HEAVEN" protect you...and may we all look forward to the day that our "foot wounds" get their final Healing.
I truly enjoyed Hideous Strength as a 20 something. Do you think it would still be enjoyable to a 50 something? Thinking of a reread.
We just had to replace SirKit's copies of The Space Trilogy. We had begun reading it aloud to our two teenagers at night, and the books started falling apart. Of course those were his original ones from the late 60's early 70's in their slipcover.
Ping.
Take a close look at the recent release "Wallace and Gromet" if you want to see Christian bashing.
That sounds like a great idea...for me too!!!!
This is like Stevie Wonder pontificating on color cordination.
Have you read "The Great Divorce"?
Pullman's Golden Compass trilogy is a DELIBERATE effort to convince little children that God is an evil tyrant. It is very skillfully constructed. As an omniverous reader of fantasy, I read the first volume when it came out and rather liked it, although it left me uneasy. The second volume completely repelled me, and I have only read about the third volume, which is where he reveals his real aims--to attack God and persuade gullible children that He is evil.
Harry Potter is, on the whole, innocuous or even good for kids, because although it treats magic it has (so far at least) a sane sense of good vs. evil. The Golden Compass is just plain noxious. No child should be exposed to it.
If Pullman is opposed to the new movie, that's an good sign that the director got it right.
No I haven't, or even heard of it. Is it by Lewis?
Yeah, Clare caught on to Pullman's anti-religious attitudes very quickly. She read the trilogy several years ago.
Take a look at his other works here.
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