Fine! You've convinced me!

[conuly]

I'll do my best to see the Narnia movie. I hope you're happy!

It's been a while since I've read the books, so at least it can't ruin anything. Probably. Well, not worse than realizing that they were just chock-full of Christian symbolism did. Symbolism. What a way to ruin a good book....

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[conuly]

Heh, small world. It seems I'm everlastingly finding Belgians, or, worse, Belgian-Americans. You go through life thinking you're unique, and then you find out that you're apparently the largest unknown ethnic group in your country, it's just that nobody talks about it.

That said, when it comes to Narnia... if you read it, like most of us did, as a kid... you read it as a kid. End of problem :) It's only on the re-read that you see how it was written.

[precia.livejournal.com]

When you say "first book", do you mean The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe or The Magician's Nephew?

[conuly]

It's the first one printed, but in terms of chronology, it's actually after Magicians Nephew (which was, I believe, the last one printed).

[precia.livejournal.com]

Second to last. The Last Battle is the very last one (as well as being the last one printed).

[precia.livejournal.com]

It was the first one written, and in my opinion, the first book that should be read. There's debate about this, and so, I was wondering.

My boxset (from the early 90s) has them in publishing order, while most of the newer ones are in chronological order. I stand by reading The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe first, because it's actually interesting (and has such a sense of wonder!). The Magician's Nephew is an origins book, and I find it to be rather dry unless you actually care about Narnia already.