February 8, 2004
Chronicles of Narnia
I can’t believe it, but I acutally never read C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia before. I have heard all about it and am so interested in it, but have just never taken the time to actually read it.
So, my wife and I are going to start (and hopefully finish!) reading them together. We’ve never tried anything like this before, but we figured that instead of watching “Whose Line is it Anyway” (which is a GREAT show by the way!) every night before we went to bed, we would do something productive and try this. I am excited to read it finally…
02.9.04
By: Matt
GREAT books and they are VERY quick reads. You will enjoy them (if you like the whole fantasy genre), and should get them done in a reasonably short amount of time.
02.9.04
By: Pat
Just make sure that you read them in the correct order – the order in which they were written. There are some sets out there that number the books in the order they take place chronologically, which is really confusing, and also wrong.
02.9.04
By: matt
actually, MOST sets out there place them in the incorrect order…
02.9.04
By: Todd
well, what’s the correct order?! (we only had enough $$ to buy the first one…so we didn’t get them all yet)
enlighten me!
02.10.04
By: Matt
the correct order is as follows
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. Prince Caspian
3. Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Horse and His Boy
6. The Magician’s Nephew
7. The Last Battle
Although I’m not certain that reading them “out of order” (that is, reading them in chronilogical-relative-to-storyline order) rather than in the “correct order” (the order in which they were written) really matters all that much. It is possible that you will have a greater appreciation for the “creation scene” in the Magician’s nephew if you have read about aslan and know the character already… but again, I don’t think it is as critical as some people make it out to be.