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   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:05:10 +0200   
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > Williams's novels are all fantasy set in *this* world, with the   
   > irruption of powers from beyond. If you haven't read any of his, I   
   > recommend starting with "War in Heaven" or "The Place of the Lion".   
      
   Good to know =^_^=   
      
   > I first encountered Narnia just at the time that South Africa had   
   > become a police state, so Captain Maugrim and the statues in the   
   > witch's castle made immediate sense to me. I had read the space   
   > trilogy and Charles Williams several years before, when a lot of the   
   > symbolism went over my head, but rereading them after Narnia made a   
   > lot of other things fall into place.   
      
   It's something I never imagined having personal context for, but here   
   we are... :/   
      
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