The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis · first published 1953
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Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch.
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> Granted, in either reading order, it takes awhile to reach the best book in the series, The Silver Chair Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. Because The Horse and His Boy is clearly the best.
on “Read the Chronicles of Narnia in Publication Order (2018)” ↗…what works better. IIRC I've watched at least two Narnia movie franchises, and both started with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and proceeded in publication order. They usually don't go beyond The Silver Chair, though. Which was probably the right decision, because the remaining three books feel more like Hollywood milking the franchise with contrived prequels, sequels, and spinoffs than a proper part of the…
on “Read the Chronicles of Narnia in Publication Order (2018)” ↗…of individuals, and also based on criteria (e.g. "completely ignore the opinions of anyone who gave a low rating to The Good Soldier Svejk" and also "weight by 100 the opinions of anyone that rates The Silver Chair as the best of the Narnia stories".
on “Goodreads Is Broken” ↗…didn’t have that background missing it. Even as a kid that grew up with a high level of Christian indoctrination a lot of the metaphorical concepts went over my head at the time. For example, in The Silver Chair there are rich metaphors about sin and salvation surrounding the characters that were totally unknown/unnoticed to me as a child, even though I knew all of the themes from my upbringing.
on “Redbox Owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Files for Chapter 11” ↗> Any reasonable reader would conclude that the Pevensie children are the main characters in that series. The main characters even in books they do not appear in (The Magicians Nephew and The Silver Chair) or appear in only as minor characters (The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle)? The older two Pevensies are only main characters in two books. > Frankly your comment sounds like cope. You so badly…
on “Why Children's Books?” ↗…you're right about that specific dedication to Lewis' god daughter. But, you don't address the poster's point: > The main characters even in books they do not appear in (The Magicians Nephew and The Silver Chair) or appear in only as minor characters (The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle)? He does have a point and you're not answering it at all.
on “Why Children's Books?” ↗