Unofficial Tex Murphy

Hi there a while back a discusion was help about what where nice books to read the name chonicles of narnia came up and i thought ill go and check out the bookstore and library.

Needless to say bookstore was way over my budget (for the price they asked i could buy a leatherbound edition on ebay) and the library only had book 6.

Now u might say and so have peaple done dont read it untill u have read the first books.

Now for the part u all are waiting for thanks to the extreme kindness of TJOG (Yes Jim u made me cry when i saw the mail the mailman gave me.) He just bought the books himself and when he was done reading the first 2 he sent them to me so i could to.
I asked Jim if he wanted the books back when i was done and he gave this anser

When you are done with them just pass them on to somebody else.

So now i just finiched book's one and two and well im asking if anyone else wants to read them and where i should mail them too for them to enyoy.

The Chronicles of Narnia
Book 1 : The Magician's Nephew

Jim u where so wright book one explain's How Narnia came to be and where the wicked witch came from.

Book 2 : The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe

A great story continuing the path set out in book one.

FYI: I will not be reading book three for about another month or so, but when I do I will send it your way.

Jim the old guy wrote:FYI: I will not be reading book three for about another month or so, but when I do I will send it your way.

Im in no hurry Jim not at all.

Hmm I'll have to double-check, but I think the set I have lists the books in this order:
1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
2. Prince Caspian
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Horse and His Boy
6. The Magician's Nephew
7. The Last Battle

But, now that I look online, I see that the Magician's Nephew is listed as #1 and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as #2. That's interesting. I had always thought that The Magician's Nephew was an explanation for the questions I had after reading the first few books. Maybe I've been reading them in the wrong order all these years...

Well I looked a little more online and found that my set is organized by order of publication, and not by the order in which C.S. Lewis wrote the books. (That order, using my above numbering, was 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, although he started writing The Magician's Nephew after finishing the first book, but put it down to complete other books.) Apparently, the "new" order is the chronological order (again, using the above numbers: 6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 7), and makes more sense.

Sorry to go on so long, but I thought it was interesting. I may have to read the books in a different order next time I pick them up.

It's best to read them in order in my humble opinion. But the main thing is: read them! After the first two I was completely entertained and look forward to reading the next five.

BTW, I am re-reading LOTR and that is why it will be a while. I'm about half way through The Two Towers.

Jim the old guy wrote: But the main thing is: read them!

I wholeheartedly agree with that!

The Horse and His Boy was excellent. I can hardly remember most of them now though, it's been a long time. Perhaps I will give them a read through sometime. Right now however I could make a fort out of all the books I need to read.

Libraries are always better than retail bookstores.

And The Chronicles of Narnia are always better than their imitators.

Yes, A Horse and His Boy was good and so was The Voyage of the Dawn Trader.

BTW, I am wondering which of the remaining books will be the third movie. Any guesses?

Voyage of the Dawn Treader is supposed to be the third movie.

I read them when I was 14. They are definitely really good, but I was a little young to see the Christian tie in.

It is most apparent in the last battle.

Magician's Nephew is first in the history of Narnia, but Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe was written first, so that's why there is a difference.

I recommend a paperback 7-in-1 collection, very affordable:

http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Narnia ... 19&sr=8-10

Can get all 7 for $23 new from a seller on Amazon right now.

I agree, lestat, regarding the Apocalyptic ending. Out with the old, in with the new. Course, Lewis wrote a number of Christian style books, letters, etc. during his illustrious career. BTW, he was really close friends with Tolkien.

Yea i know.

They were going to write a book together about linguistics.

Some University Professor just found a short manuscript of it in the Oxford University Library.

http://booksbycslewis.blogspot.com/2009 ... write.html


I also wanted to read the screw tape letters but haven't gotten around to it yet.

From Wiki.
The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetics novel written in epistolary style by C. S. Lewis, first published in book form in 1942. The story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of a British man, known only as "the Patient."

Sounds interesting, lestat. I might have to read that one.

I read the Screwtape letters years ago and found it pretty interesting. It's been a while, so I might have to dust it off and re-read it.