What Order Should I Read the Narnia Books in (And Does It Matter?)

[dreamaastrid]

Chronology vs Published vs Writing Order

What do you think?

Comments

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

published order. the chronology view sucks.

actually, i admire the writing order best of all.

but it doesn't salvage The Last Battle into a tolerable work (given that i know the allegory its mapped to can i can't stand it).

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

and the article makes the allegory way the hell too small. the allegory is not "Aslan == Jesus". The allegory is "LWW == Gospel of John" and "Last Battle == Revelation" - its much bigger (deeper?) than just Aslan himeself.

[dawntreader]

allegory, shmallegory. it's still a great story all by itself!

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

Always, always, always in the Published order. The persons who created the "chronology" order have an appointment with a chipper-shredder. Head first.

Doc

[dawntreader]

published order. there are terms and plot points that don't make sense or have as much impact if you read them in chronological order.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't read them. Read the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman instead. The Golden Compass is due to hit theaters in 2007.