Why I Really Like This Book

Thu, 6 October 2011

One day, the other planets came to earth to deal with the evil that lurked within our own. Lewis finished his science-fiction trilogy with a hard-edged satire on university politics, mixed with spiritual warfare. Mark the half-hearted gives in to political persuasion of the wrong kind. Jane the resolute refuses to believe in God but falls in love instead. Mr Bultitude the bear finds something deliciously hot, bloody and crunchy to eat. Merlin is woken for his Dark Ages magic, which brings chaos to the right places, and evil is crushed. It's stronger stuff than Narnia. For those who want more moral oomph from fantasy fiction.

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Category:fantastical -- posted at: 11:00 AM

Comments[3]

I found your podcast quite by accident yesterday and have devoured almost every episode. Thank you for the good work and giving me more books to add to my TBR pile. Thank you.
posted by: L on 2013-03-22 06:54:03
I haven't read any proper Lewis/Narnia lit criticism: it's such a vast area, I'd have to devote days to it. Maybe if I ever teach Lewis, or SF, I'll get into that. But thanks for the reference.
posted by: kmacdonald on 2013-01-20 11:08:41
Fantastic podcast! I'm glad I discovered it. I've always loved this book, too. And it strikes me that, despite all the patriarchal tendencies, Lewis writes some great heroines. Jane and Camilla in this book are every bit as cool as Aravis, Jill, Lucy and Polly in his Narnia stories. I'm wondering what you think of the "Planet Narnia" book, which analyzes some of the deep connections between the Narnia series and the Space Trilogy?
posted by: Deirdre on 2013-01-20 06:55:55

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