Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > 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. Like _Saints_, for example? Didn't bother me a bit there, since it clearly belonged. > 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. That's what bugged me, it's *not* explicitly christian. It's a fantasy world, with non-christian fantasy religious elements, which he whips the covers off at the end and blatantly associates with christianity. That's what pissed me off about it. -- 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