Rachel wrote: > The only caution about Narnia is I wouldn't recommend it to someone of > Arabic background, at least not _Horse & His Boy_. I have a friend who > was amazed that her boyfriend hadn't read them, and then after > re-reading them decided not to suggest he read it, because he's Iranian > and these days is a little sensitive about that. CS Lewis was way too > obvious about his own prejudices in that book. Yes. In case anyone is not aware, Narnia is fairly explicitly Christian allegory. For that matter, so is Ender's Game, but Ender seems to slip under most people's radar. Card and Lewis are two writers who make no bones about their religious beliefs. To me it enriches their fiction, but YMMV.