50 Books - Books 10-13
Mar. 28th, 2003 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sierciaThe last four books in the Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle.
Of these, I think I liked Voyage the best. Exciting adventures, and I loved the snivelling little cousin who's name I've forgotten. I found the ending of Last Battle to be a bit heavy handed and over-done, although the bit about Tash and Aslan, and how they're opposites, but take deeds done in one another's name by whether they were good or bad was fascinating, and I've been puzzling over that a bunch this week. Given what I felt to be the somewhat heavy handed parallels between the Calormenes and Arabic (read in: Muslim) societies, I have to admit being a wee bit uncomfortable thinking that Lewis was drawing all the connections between Christianity and Islam that I was reading into it. Of course, I also wasn't sure what god Tash was supposed to be modelled after (the pictures in my book made him look a bit like a kachina doll on acid).
I am pleased that reading these so voraciously have put me into numbers that will have me on track for actually making my 50 books. With two business trips coming up soon - and one of them being cross-country flights, I expect I may even be able to get ahead of pace. Here's hoping.
Of these, I think I liked Voyage the best. Exciting adventures, and I loved the snivelling little cousin who's name I've forgotten. I found the ending of Last Battle to be a bit heavy handed and over-done, although the bit about Tash and Aslan, and how they're opposites, but take deeds done in one another's name by whether they were good or bad was fascinating, and I've been puzzling over that a bunch this week. Given what I felt to be the somewhat heavy handed parallels between the Calormenes and Arabic (read in: Muslim) societies, I have to admit being a wee bit uncomfortable thinking that Lewis was drawing all the connections between Christianity and Islam that I was reading into it. Of course, I also wasn't sure what god Tash was supposed to be modelled after (the pictures in my book made him look a bit like a kachina doll on acid).
I am pleased that reading these so voraciously have put me into numbers that will have me on track for actually making my 50 books. With two business trips coming up soon - and one of them being cross-country flights, I expect I may even be able to get ahead of pace. Here's hoping.
