[BigSkyFreeper]

Your main problems with the movie had to do with the story, characters, etc.

Right. Because Chronicles Of Narnia is actually the 2nd book in the series. Anyone who starts reading the entire series of books from book number two will have problems following the story, or understanding the characters.

[Miss Marple]

I have the set I bought for my son almost 30 years ago. In that set, The Lion , the Witch, and the Wardrobe was labeled as Book One. The Magician's Nephew is labled as Book 6. That is because this is the order in which Lewis wrote the books. It is only in recent American editions of the books that the order is reversed.

[The Coopster]

Anyone who starts reading the entire series of books from book number two will have problems following the story, or understanding the characters.

I respectfully disagree.

When I read the series, it was in the original order - the order written.

I had no problem following characters, etc. In fact, when I read them, books that may be considered "out of order" by today's ADD standards actually were interesting in that order, as it gave you several "eureka!" moments when you figured out who was what, or why a certain thing was a certain way (the lamp post, for example).

The original order works just fine, IMO.