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[greenstorm]

Breklor gives me all my best links. Lookee here.

http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=442

Truth is stranger than fiction.

On a slightly related note, I'm rereading the Narnia books and they're awfully propagandist. Now, I recognise that propaganda has its place, but:

"Are -- are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.

"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason that you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me for a little here, you may know me better there."

Also, very interesting to contrast Hero (which I saw on the weekend) with the spate of American ingenuity movies coming out. Like I said, I think it has its place, and that place is under the miscroscope of the person watching it.

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[estrellada.livejournal.com]

Lewis was a big-heap Christian. His Screwtape Letters are excellent.

the funny thing is, the older and more relativist I get, the more I admire the commited intensity of fantatics, martyrs and saints.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Well, as I understand, Lewis was -after- Tolkien converted him.

I've always admired intensity. I'm also afraid of it. It's sort of like the sun, you know? You need the strength to be there and get work done, but it isn't good going scattershot in all directions without being thought about.

[estrellada.livejournal.com]

I miss intensity sometimes, though I must admit, the perspective I've gained in the past few years is *wonderful*.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

That icon reminds me of your embroidery-on-the-bus story now. :)

[breklor.livejournal.com]

I'm rereading the Narnia books and they're awfully propagandist.

You mean Aslan's death and resurrection didn't give the game away? :)

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Paralleling stuff is one thing. Saying: these books are real, and a main character is actually a figure in a real-world religion, that's sliiiightly different.

[breklor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, OK, I'll give you that :)

[lazarus7.livejournal.com]

On a slightly related note, I'm rereading the Narnia books and they're awfully propagandist

I love re-reading books for this and other reasons.

Every time I reread a good book ... I find new things in it. The wonderment comes in knowing that those things were there all along, and that I have changed around the book.

My soon to be ex-wife never could understand why I would read books again rather than seeking out new works ... part of it is the time travel that happens when I can reflect on the person I was when I read the book last, other parts include the observation of change in myself.

I have been meaning to read the Narnian series again for a while now. I think when I get caught up with my reading, I might just do that.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I do it just to wander around with familiar characters once more.

Boooooks!

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I remember *totally* missing the religious connotations in the Narnia series as a child. Later, in highschool, I did a study on Seconday Worlds with Tolkien and Lewis as samples - there are a lot of Fantasy/Sci-Fi writers who use Judeo-Christian religious references or imagery in their work.

Re-reading is always interesting for me - like when I read Anne Of Green Gables in University and recognized how racist and elitist it is. Usually, I read to escape that kind of crap.

Re: Boooooks!

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

I missed them then too, which is why this is pretty surreal. My personal excuse is that, well, I didn't know anything much about Christianity then to compare what was going on.

I haven't reread Anne for a long time. *sigh* Now I'm afraid to.

Speaking of books, you'll want your Gaia's Garden to plan out the backyard, no? :) I can pop over and deliver it on Sunday... (look, an excuse to see your home!)