I actually agree about Narnia. I didn't get the connection when I first read them, and still love the books, particularly The Magician's Nephew. Once I became more familiar with Lewis's work, however, I realized you can't avoid Christian analogy in his fiction. His Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength) are great novels, and might (unsure) stand alone as science fantasy. The analogies, however, are incredibly obvious. They're worth reading, but I now have to read Lewis with a very different mind than I did as a child.
I wonder if the same is true of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Had I read them young enough to miss the huge criticism that Pullman is making of Christianity, I probably would have enjoyed them a lot more. The really interesting things he had to say about faith were diluted by his "point." When the "point" takes me out of the story, I lose most of my enjoyment.
I'm glad you enjoyed Into the Reach! I look forward to the feedback as well; having now written the second book, which I feel is much stronger, I have a lot of feedback for myself on the first novel as well. (Unfortunately I can't seem to escape the running feedback I'm giving myself as I'm writing book three, which is nearly paralyzing some days. Bah, and bah again.) I'm looking forward to your insight!
And the plan is that I will be at GenCon for the release of Regaining Home, so the whole trilogy will be there. I expect Lindsay Archer and I will do our usual song and dance (literally). :)
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Date: 2007-04-07 02:15 am (UTC)I wonder if the same is true of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Had I read them young enough to miss the huge criticism that Pullman is making of Christianity, I probably would have enjoyed them a lot more. The really interesting things he had to say about faith were diluted by his "point." When the "point" takes me out of the story, I lose most of my enjoyment.
I'm glad you enjoyed Into the Reach! I look forward to the feedback as well; having now written the second book, which I feel is much stronger, I have a lot of feedback for myself on the first novel as well. (Unfortunately I can't seem to escape the running feedback I'm giving myself as I'm writing book three, which is nearly paralyzing some days. Bah, and bah again.) I'm looking forward to your insight!
And the plan is that I will be at GenCon for the release of Regaining Home, so the whole trilogy will be there. I expect Lindsay Archer and I will do our usual song and dance (literally). :)