Aslan died for your sins, Edmund.

[crantz]

"I'll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck-up, selfsatisfied prigs." -Edmund Pevensie


Best scene in this book, hands down. Picture from here

So today I started reading The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. And much to my surprise, shortly after I finished The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

It went a lot faster than the Magician's Nephew, except I'm gonna have to say that I really liked Magician's Nephew more. I do, however, like what a total dick Edmund is for a lot of this book. Edmund, running away to the Queen? This is why no one loves you. Also when you used 'worketh' at the end of the book. Aslan died for nothing. ilu, Ed

I hadn't read the book since I was a child, so what I mostly remembered for it was the recentish movie, which I adore. Which meant that the Lucy I saw was the movie girl which rocked because she was a badass, and the book kept going 'no, it happened like this' on me. I find I don't mind the differences between the book and the movie, but I would like to have had the movie mention that Edmund's Turkish Delight (by the way, it looks so nice in person but don't let it fool you) was enchanted and that's part of the reason he sold everyone out for sweeties.

Best dialogue part of the book was, by far, the Professor explaining... well, I'll just paste it:

"Logic!" said the Professor half to himself. "Why don't they teach logic at these schools? There are only three possibilities. Either your sister is telling lies, or she is mad, or she is telling the truth. You know she doesn't tell lies and it is obvious that she is not mad For the moment then and unless any further evidence turns up, we must assume that she is telling the truth."

Narnia is real, then. QED. (nearly said Quid Pro Quo)


Aslan: Bipedal

Next up: A Horse And His Boy also by C.S. Lewis, OR Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin.

PS: I've been reading these in epub format, and I cannot recommend these editions enough for ereaders. They're for sale to Canadians, I haven't spotted any errors, and they have illustrations! I'm very happy with my purchases.

PPS: I should note while the Aslan wrassling is the best scene in LWW, the second best is the other lion being all excited that Aslan referred to him and Other Lion as 'us lions' and wasn't that jolly good of Aslan?

PPPS: Bacchus, Adam and Eve and Lilith, and Santa Claus. This book has it all!

Comments

[whatistigerbalm]

I haven't read the book and what bugged me terribly about the film is that while we, the audience, know (either through books, the BBC series, or just cultural osmosis) that the lion is good and the witch is bad, the children have no clue which is which and are not helped by the fact that they individually meet different Narnians who are on different sides of the conflict. They have to make a decision who to side with and they do - plus they make a good guess, too - but there is never any uncertainty, never doubt, never any questioning of What Exactly Happened Here to figure out whether they should go with the queen or the lion. I hope the book is better about this!

[crantz]

sort of. The Narnians tell them what the witch does, they see Tumnus' home trashed, and when they hear Aslan's name the first time, they're filled with joy and confidence. Except Edmund, who feels afraid. Then he runs away to the Witch and well, Shit Goes Down.

[crantz]

At the very least, they know the queen is Not Their Friend because Tumnus' crime on the paper in his home was that he associated with a human, whereas the narnians on Aslan's side are all 'PROPHECY YOU RULE'

[whatistigerbalm]

Ah, thanks! That makes more sense. (I knew something would, but it's still nice to know.) I ought to read these books already.

[crantz]

I'm starting to think my friend Snacky had something to the 'read them in publishing order, you fool!' she keeps telling me. Magician's Nephew is first chronologically, but was written much later so you go from a nicely polished book to LWW, which was awkward in a lot of ways. Still fun, but I was like 'the movie had so much more detail than this', which is not something you often think when you read a book!

[whatistigerbalm]

Oh, good to know, thanks! I also think Mr Whatistigerbalm has all the books so I really have no excuse.

[crantz]

*salute* Just doing my duty, ma'am.