I just read an article by Phillip Pullman about why The Chronicles of Narnia are fundementally evil. Well, he didn't say "evil" because he thinks he's above right and wrong. I just wanted to see what you all think.

http://www.crlamppost.org/darkside.htm

man i read this series back in 4th grade, i think. i remember i was totally in love with it and just HAD to finish the story. i dont think there's much to it though

Kinda hard to say. I first read the series after seeing this animated TV movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079474/). While I did like it, I was a bit turned off by the heaping helping of Christian Allegory (and the attendent, inevitable prejudices) that runs through it; and, like Mr. Pullman, I thought the ending was a bit of a cop-out. "Evil"? Hardly. But, thank Newbery, there *is* more to Childerens Lit than "Narnia"...

I read the books when I was young. They were okay, though hardly life-changing, even now with my newly acquired knowledge . . I see no reason to dig too deep into them, although the christian influence is a bit interesting to check up on . . .

Hmm, interesting article . . for him to think that Lewis' books are "evil" suggests to me that he's jealous of Lewis . . meh!

^ I tend to think it's jealousy. Since his books are "A Child's First Guide to Atheism," I don't see how he could possible criticise Lewis for his heavy Christian symbolism.

Also I think Tolkein turned "allegory" into a bad word for the same reason... jealousy. Lewis's books were and are more successful than his.

i liked the books when i read them, but evil... never! they were actually written very well, just the stuff for children ^_^

EDIT: i read the article - talk about being sore!!! i seriously doubt it that that was what C S Lewis meant while he was writting the Chronicles - i think he just wanted to write a good story

I read em like 2 years ago, I remember I loved them and finished all 7 in one week. (i guess 1 book a day?) though, Now I have read better kick ass books, like all of philip pullmans book. he"pwns" them. so does Lawrence watt-evan. But for 4th graders, I guess they are good. But for "advanced readers" they suck. Too me, I tried reading one of them. They are short and boring...

I found the series boring... considering I only read the first 2 books. >.>
And this dude needs to calm down. <.< He seems super jealous, which is sort of funny...

Personally, I enjoyed it. I love the creativity in it, though I never read the books. I just saw the animation thing. But that was really good. Its one of those Harry Potter or Lord of the Ring things to me, where there&#39;s just absolutely fascinating ideas.

I heard they&#39;re planning on making a movie for this, but I don&#39;t know how it&#39;ll work, like if they&#39;re doing it on every book or not . .

The series has yet to survive a decent adaptation

the guy who wrote this article is just jealous - that obvious...

and C.S. Lewis wrote a great fantasy series for children, humorous and exciting...

our allowance to critisize his work will be given when we write something as good as the Cronicles

I loved the Narnia books, and they were really my first taste of fantasy. I still like to re-read them if I want something light to waste a few hours with. The only way I find them evil is that they are able to capture your imagination and never let go (in my views), which could be bad to some people if they don&#39;t like something like that.

Originally posted by Alfonso de Sabio@Nov 27 2004, 07:41 PM
The series has yet to survive a decent adaptation
The BBC serialisation was a rather good adaption. Just because it&#39;s old, doesn&#39;t mean it isn&#39;t good.

I agree, the BBC series was really well done - I really enjoyed the books and they&#39;re something nice to reread many years later. Though the old fashioned English accents remind me of Enid Blyton somewhat :P

i didn&#39;t like it because there was too much weird crap in it like mythical animals and magic, i can see some but not that much

also i would have prefered it if it involved guns or something that makes the action fun but that&#39;s just my opinion

Originally posted by Roy Mustang@Dec 26 2004, 05:21 AM
Just because it&#39;s old, doesn&#39;t mean it isn&#39;t good.
Just because it&#39;s old doens&#39;t mean it&#39;s good. If we&#39;re talking about the same one, it was cheesy and Lucy was abismal.

The former post is indicative of internet taste.

good for book reports&#33; ^_^

Originally posted by Alfonso de Sabio@Dec 28 2004, 06:58 PM
Just because it&#39;s old doens&#39;t mean it&#39;s good. If we&#39;re talking about the same one, it was cheesy and Lucy was abismal.
It might be my childhood speaking then.

I have read the whole seires. I liked it but the magician something or other...the first book was annoying and confusing....lol

It was sort of confusig to me... so i read the first 4 books then i stoped ^^

i read allof them too
but the last battle was a let down
i thought they were a good
series of books to read.
and i just thought of them
more of a fairytale then all of the
stuff that pullman puts into detail