XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books.childrens, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: ejanss@nospam.comcast.net   
      
   JF wrote:   
   > X-No-Archive: yes   
   > In message , Steve Hayes   
   >  writes   
   >   
   >> I suggest, if you read the Narnia stories, that you start with "The   
   >> lion, the   
   >> witch and the wardrobe", and go on reading them in publication order,   
   >   
   >   
   > That is stupid advice! Read Jack Lewis's opening paragraphs in 'The   
   > Magician's Nephew' as to why it's important to read it first!   
   >   
   > Taking your advice, reading the LWW first, means that the wardrobe   
   > exists before its made from the wood of a tree from Narnia!   
      
   Taking your advice, and reading "Nephew" first, means why the hell   
   should we care about four bored kids who wandered in out of the blue??   
      
   Derek Janssen   
   ejanss@comcast.net   
      
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