On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:34:00AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > "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. Ender's Game seems clean to me too. The later books are a little more arguable, and certain of Card's work is very explicitly religious. As for Narnia, no denying the allegory, but it's a good story nonetheless. It's not a book that tries to convert you, it's just told from an explicitly Christian viewpoint. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt