The trailer for Prince Caspian, which I found on the right of this bit of the page, under Video, looks good.

I’m pleased to see the fillums are being put out in the order in which Lewis wrote them.

Although I happened to read The Magician’s Nephew first, [because a friend was working for Penguin and gave us a copy] which some say is the first in the proper reading order, I reckon the proper reading order is the order in which Jack Lewis wrote them.

Does anyone know if it was C S himself who said they should be read starting with Mag, or is that a later suggestion?

In 1957 an American boy wrote C. S. Lewis to ask about the best order for reading The Chronicles of Narnia. The boy’s mother believed the books should be read in order of their publication, beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But the boy thought it would be better to read them in order of Narnian history, beginning with the creation of the enchanted world in The Magician’s Nephew.

C. S. Lewis wrote back to the boy, saying, “I think I agree with your order for reading the books more than with your mother’s,” and soon afterward the publishers began to number them in this way. But Lewis, who had written bits and pieces of the books at different times, also noted that the order probably didn’t much matter: “I’m not even sure that all the [books] were written in the same order in which they were published.”

The current numbering on the books:

1 The Magician’s Nephew
2 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
3 The Horse and His Boy
4 Prince Caspian
5 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6 The Silver Chair
7 The Last Battle

Though it pains me to reveal this on a public forum - I have not read the Narnia books. Shudder. Pls tell me who is Prince Caspian, and why, when the kids return, Narnia is in ruins?

David Maegraith - 23 April 2008 11:38 AM

Though it pains me to reveal this on a public forum - I have not read the Narnia books. Shudder. Pls tell me who is Prince Caspian, and why, when the kids return, Narnia is in ruins?

David, please just be patient - and catch the movie when it starts soon.

All when then be revealed - and NO SPOILERS will have been posted on this thread.

Cheers, Kevin

I don’t know why but I always feel that Prince Caspian ought to be said with a lithp, possibly like “Duck Dodgerth...in the 24fourth and a halfth ...century!!” (ath theen here)

Welease Wodewick

Hi there,
all this talk of Prince Caspian reminds me that we are keen for someone to review the book. It is a special movie edition with pics from the upcoming film. Just if you are keen to write a review and we will send you a copy.

David, I’m not a novel reader, but I love the C S Lewis books, because they are an easy read, are great stories and I love the Christian symbolism.

As Molly Meldrum used to say,

Do yourself a favour

I still reckon that, Lewis notwithstanding, The Magician’s Nephew makes mroe sense if you have already read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

I’m trying to find the time to read the series to my boys before bed. emphasis on ‘trying’

Release Date Thursday, 5 June 2008
Length Prince Caspian - 2hrs 20min
Main Cast Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Tilda Swinton, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Everett, Dawn French, Ray Winstone
Movie Director Andrew Adamson

Only 6 weeks away ! ( Two weeks after Indiana Jones returns to our screens. )

Hi Joseph,

Joseph Smith - 23 April 2008 12:32 PM

all this talk of Prince Caspian reminds me that we are keen for someone to review the book. It is a special movie edition with pics from the upcoming film.

What’s the deadline date?

TZ.

Hi there
we are still after someone to review Prince Caspian (the book) in time to coincide with the release of the new film.
the deadline is May 28.
if you are interested, .

Hi all,
we have found a reviewer for Prince Caspian: the book, however, we are always after more reviewers for other books so check my upcoming post in ‘calling all book reviewers’.

I love this headline for a review of Prince Caspian:Narnian Currency Slumps Against The Dollar

Saw the movie 2 weeks ago.

So very disappointed (as a book-loving purist).

It felt like only 4 characters were really true to the way C.S. Lewis portrayed them: Reepicheep (I loved him!!), Lucy, Edmund and of course Aslan.

Unfortunately for me, however good those 4 characters were, they couldn’t save the film. Not for me, anyhow.

I have now retreated behind J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels (again)…

TZ.

I saw the film 2 weeks ago and was disgusted with it.

They have destroyed both the original story and the meaning of it. Who Aslan is is lost in the film, as if he is secondary to story itself.

They added lots of violence.

I doubt we will be seeing any future movies in the series.