The magical world of Narnia
My daughter (24) and I took ourselves off to the cinema
yesterday afternoon to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Having been a fan of the Narnia stories since I was 8 years old I
have only recently caught up with the film versions. It's a
long time since I actually read the books so I didn't find myself
criticising the films for missing bits out or altering stuff and
regardless of what anyone else says - I really enjoyed the
film. I love a bit of magic and good triumphing over evil -
don't you? Eustace Scrubb was wonderfully pompous until the
scales fell from his eyes - literally!
The point of my blog is not to keep you up to date with my social calender, which would make you yawn but this - C.S. Lewis was an Oxford scholar and I was surprised to learn that his publisher and some friends tried to dissuade him from writing childrens books - telling him there were 'too many things that clashed - a Father Christmas and an evil witch, talking animals and children.' He obviously didn't listen to them! I will be re-visiting the works of C.S. Lewis, when I have time and my NY resolution will be to have the courage of my own convictions when it comes to writing - I may not be a C.S. Lewis or an Oxford scholar but I will never say never and will keep working at my writing and look for opportunities. After all, we should all believe in a little bit of magic!
Happy New Year to all on the The Cloud.
The point of my blog is not to keep you up to date with my social calender, which would make you yawn but this - C.S. Lewis was an Oxford scholar and I was surprised to learn that his publisher and some friends tried to dissuade him from writing childrens books - telling him there were 'too many things that clashed - a Father Christmas and an evil witch, talking animals and children.' He obviously didn't listen to them! I will be re-visiting the works of C.S. Lewis, when I have time and my NY resolution will be to have the courage of my own convictions when it comes to writing - I may not be a C.S. Lewis or an Oxford scholar but I will never say never and will keep working at my writing and look for opportunities. After all, we should all believe in a little bit of magic!
Happy New Year to all on the The Cloud.
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Funny how when most people talk about Fantasy, they tend to use Tolkien as a baseline. I didn't read LOTR until I was 15; I totally got into it. I had just recently discovered d*pe, and would have a spiffle before settling down with the book.
I don't read all that much Fantasy, more Horror and SciFi ( though I've been reading a lot of historical stuff lately, pertickly enjoyed Robert Harris's Roman books), but recently read Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' books, great stuff!
Happy New Year to you and yours Karen. May 2011 be a year filled with magical experience and bring fulfilment of all your dreams.
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