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Barrow-Wight
Rohan
Jul 27 2014, 10:56pm
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Aslan IS meant to be Jesus in the Narnia books. Aslan implies it in "The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader"
“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are -are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
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IdrilLalaith
Rivendell
Jul 28 2014, 4:29am
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I don't know Narnia well enough to be able to cite anything like that. That's what I was aiming for, though.
BTW, now when I read anything that Aslan says, I hear Liam Neeson say it. 
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Barrow-Wight
Rohan
Jul 28 2014, 4:35am
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That line always stuck with me for some reason, I hear Liam Neeson every time I read Narnia too which I haven't in a long while. LOTR is my go to for fantasy lol
(This post was edited by Barrow-Wight on Jul 28 2014, 4:36am)
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mawguy
The Shire
Jul 28 2014, 5:30am
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... as tolkien's catholicism was quite important. :)
on a slight tangent: your thought got me thinking (a rare occurrence) that cirdan could be seen as a direct counterpart/contrast to the scary, three-headed guardian that samwise had to pass to rescue frodo (sorry, names are escaping me right now and i don't have the book handy).
thanks for an intriguing comparison! :)
"Alas for us all! And for all that walk the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find and lose, as it seems to those whose boat is on the running stream. But I count you blessed, Gimli son of Glóin: for your loss you suffer of your own free will, and you might have chosen otherwise. But you have not forsaken your companions, and the least reward that you shall have is that the memory of Lothlórien shall remain ever clear and unstained in your heart, and shall neither fade nor grow stale."
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IdrilLalaith
Rivendell
Jul 29 2014, 4:35am
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I've actually read very little fantasy outside of Tolkien. I just don't find Narnia half as compelling. Lewis's Space Trilogy is much better, IMO.
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DaughterofLaketown
Gondor
Jul 29 2014, 1:32pm
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Narnia didn't do it for me either.
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He is too preachy for me. Although I greatly enjoyed his adult novel "Until we have Faces" which is a retelling of the Cupid and psyche story.
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HeWhoArisesinMight
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Jul 29 2014, 1:46pm
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I read the first two books, Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra a long time ago. I could not get through the third volume, That Hideous Strength, but remember some of it alluded to Numenor from the Silmarillion. I was fascinated by the first two books and you've piqued my interest in reading them again 
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IdrilLalaith
Rivendell
Jul 30 2014, 4:08am
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That Hideous Strength is pretty different
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It does reference Númenor (spelled Numinor, I believe, since Lewis had never seen it printed). The whole plot is very different from the other two books, though. Perelandra is definitely my favorite of the trilogy.
DaughterofLaketown, I loved Till We Have Faces, too. Apparently some critic read it without knowing that it was written by Lewis. He said it must have been written by a woman because no man could have such insight into a woman's mind. When he found out Lewis wrote it, he wasn't too happy!
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