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
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.
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
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.When you are done with them just pass them on to somebody else.
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.
Im in no hurry Jim not at all.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.
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.
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.
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.
Travis Jacobs
"You might not sound so idiotic if there were at least something excitable in my post to begin with..." --Baf
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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."
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."
Matt