So there was a good deal of discussion about the first movie so I take it a lot of people here read the books. I read them all as a kid and most recently, the entire series just after seeing the film. Today I finished "The Last Battle" and was curious if anyone else has read this too ... because for some reason its left me feeling pretty disenchanted with the whole series. The whole thing made absolutely no sense and just seemed like he was desperate to put in a heaven vs hell metaphore in somewhere. It was one thing for Aslan to die for the sins of Eustace and be ressurected in the first book, I think we all caught that one pretty easily. And the 2nd and 3rd books were a lot of fluff and just good fun. The making of Narnia in book 6 was pretty cute too, but the end of Narnia in 7 was just downright silly.

And poor Susan. I can just imagine, your entire family and all of your friends are on a train and die - except for you. GG way to stop believing in Narnia, bitch.

Frankly the book was almost too weird, and I'd hate to see what Hollywood would do if they tried to make it into a movie.

Ok In My Narnia Set Lion The Witch and teh Wardrobe isnt the first book in the series... it is the third book

Ok In My Narnia Set Lion The Witch and teh Wardrobe isnt the first book in the series... it is the third book

Was first in the set I bought years ago. /shrug

I am reading them at work atm so I will have to recheck when I go tomorrow but I swear the book set I got from The SCholastic Bookfair in 8th grade has it as book 3.. the First book is something nephew..

http://books.narnia.com/movielanding.html

In "narnian" and english chronology.

The set I purchased years ago was indeed arranged in the order in which they were written, which is why Lion, Witch & Wardrobe was first.

Since it has been over 20 yeaers since I read them, I think reading them starting with "The Magician's Nephew" once more might be a nice diversion.

I dunno, I think the Magician's Nephew fit in well where it was. That way you looked at the professor as a curious old man who seemed to know something, and LATER found out he was there at its beginning.

So there was a good deal of discussion about the first movie so I take it a lot of people here read the books. I read them all as a kid and most recently, the entire series just after seeing the film. Today I finished "The Last Battle" and was curious if anyone else has read this too ... because for some reason its left me feeling pretty disenchanted with the whole series. The whole thing made absolutely no sense and just seemed like he was desperate to put in a heaven vs hell metaphore in somewhere. It was one thing for Aslan to die for the sins of Eustace and be ressurected in the first book, I think we all caught that one pretty easily. And the 2nd and 3rd books were a lot of fluff and just good fun. The making of Narnia in book 6 was pretty cute too, but the end of Narnia in 7 was just downright silly.

And poor Susan. I can just imagine, your entire family and all of your friends are on a train and die - except for you. GG way to stop believing in Narnia, bitch.

Frankly the book was almost too weird, and I'd hate to see what Hollywood would do if they tried to make it into a movie.The entire series doesn't just have paralells to christianity; it was written as a children's introduction to faith. C. S. Lewis's gift in writing was to take complicated ideas (like some christian ideas of faith and such) and make them accessable no matter what level of audience he was reaching out to.

I enjoy them in spite of thier christian message though (I'm a non-practicing agnostic)

personally, I think the whole thing hangs together better if you read them in the order that they are written; they were certaintly intended to be read in that order, and not in chronological order.

Though personally, I'm not a fan of the last battle either; not that I don't understand where it's going, it's just I have the same issues with those same religious ideas even when they're not in te context of that book.