12-11-2005, 12:32 AM | #1 |
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What is your favorite Narnia book?
The book I enjoyed most from the Chronicles was "The Horse and his Boy". What about the rest of you?
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12-11-2005, 12:44 AM | #2 |
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It was "Dawn Treader" for a LONG time; I could smell the sea and feel the movement of the ship ... and I loved the un-dragoning!
Horse & Boy is definitely one of my favorites - I love the part where Hwin meets Aslan.
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12-11-2005, 01:10 AM | #3 |
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HAHB was definitely a good story...but I also rather liked the feel of Caspian...just the idea of the underground Narnia was really neat.
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I loved the un-dragoning, too , but I think The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will always be my favorite because it was my introduction to Narnia and there is the sense of despair (1. always winter but never Christmas, 2. Aslan's sacrifice) overcome by great joy. |
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Hmm... my faveorite one would be, I guess, The magisions nefue (I can't spell)
The start of naria and all that.
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I haven't read all of them in years. In the past few days I've read LWW and Caspian, though, and so far I like Caspian better.
I don't think I liked the Magician's Nephew so much, but I can't recall why . Was that the one with the creation of something and the people getting lost in the attic and an Adam/Eve theme?
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I remember answering this question in another thread... but I guess I could do it again. My favorites are A Horse and His Boy and Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I love the moment when Shasta is walking alone in the mist through the night, and Aslan walks beside him. When morning comes he sees the lion footprint and realizes he was on a ledge with a steep dropoff and Aslan was walking between him and the edge. He realizes that Aslan had been there all during his journey but he'd never recognized him. After that my favorite moments are the "undragoning" of Eustace, as Rian called it, the Stone Table, and of course, Radagast getting turned into a donkey. When I first read his assurance that anyone can learn to wiggle their ears I was determined to learn how, and I have!
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the magician's nephew... i always love the background-type stories
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12-12-2005, 01:45 PM | #11 |
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It's SOOOO hard to pick a favorite, but I suppose my vote goes to The Magician's Nephew. It was fun to see where Prof. Kirke, the witch, the lamp-post, and the wardrobe came from, and also I love Aslan "singing" Narnia into existance. I thought there was a lot of good humor in this one, with the animals, etc. Also, I loved the images of the Wood between the Worlds and of the dying world they visited. The descriptions were creepy there. Also, I felt that the dynamic relationship between the main characters, as well as the character arch of each, were interesting and well-written.
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I think I give a different answer every time I reply to this question... but today I'm going to say The Silver Chair. I like the interaction between Jill and Eustace (and Puddleglum!) and the juxtaposition between their school and Narnia at the beginning and end. The quest structure means it has a more focused plot than some of the other books, and the repeated contrasts between warmth and cold and darkness and light give it a really powerful texture... I especially love the scene where Puddleglum defies the witch's magic ("I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia"), the dance the children see when they break out of the cave and Caspian's death and subsequent healing by Aslan's blood.
Eustace drew back with a somewhat startled expression. "Look here, I say," he stammered. "It's all very well. But aren't you - I mean didn't you -?" "Oh, don't be such an ass," said Caspian. "But," said Eustace, looking at Aslan. "Hasn't he - er - died?" "Yes," said the Lion in a very quiet voice, almost (Jill thought) as if he were laughing. "He has died. Most people have, you know. Even I have. They are very few who haven't." and
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12-14-2005, 10:56 AM | #14 | |
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I absolutely love that part and his little speech! |
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Yeah, I love Puddleglum's line, esp.
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Oddly enough The Horse and his Boy was one book I just couldn't get into. I even stopped reading it at some point because it was a bit boring to my taste, only to pick it up years later and find out the story got interesting the chapter after the moment I stopped reading the first time. If only I had persisted a few more pages on my first read.
My favourite is Prince Caspian. I loved the moment where the four children walk through the ruins of their old castle. I could really picture that scene.
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I didn't like Horse for a long time, but years later, I loved it! Funny how we change ...
My least favorites now are Magician's Nephew and Prince Caspian (altho I do like the scene you described, Earniel), but that might change, too...
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Now I'm reading Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and I like it as much as Caspian so far. We will see by the end, though.
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