"Casey Rousseau" <casey at trinityhartford.org> writes: > 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. Fascinating. Narnia ticked me off, but Ender's Game which I read *much* later slipped completely past me. In fact I really can't see any allegory there even now. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info