| 1 book rec, 1 essay and 1 unusual history |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|12:05 am] |
Today’s non-fiction recs are an eclectic lot! One book link, one serious essay and one unusual history of Narnia
This link takes you to Amazon.com, to the Table of Contents for CS Lewis’ book entited ‘Poems’ which includes poems about Narnia. I don’t think I was previously aware that Lewis wrote Narnian poetry. Another one for the Christmas list!
Myth Made Truth: the Origins of the Chronicles of Narnia by Mark Bane
http://cslewis.drzeus.net/papers/originsofnarnia.html
Background information on Lewis’ creation
Brief History of Narnia and the Lands Beyond.
As told by Petraverd, Unicorn and Scholar of Narnian Lore to his faithful scribe, Epidius the Faun
http://www.thelionscall.com/articles/brief_history_part_1.cfm
Beautifully illustrated with marginalia by Epidius
Enjoy! |
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| Alphabetical list of Narnian characters |
[Oct. 20th, 2008|12:09 am] |
Today’s non-fiction rec is a resource list of all the characters in the seven books of Narnia, arranged in alphabetical order. This has to be useful for those of us who are spelling-challenged!
List of characters in The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.aslantheking.com/content/view/15/1/
Sorry but ...that's all for today, folks! |
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| One blog about VotDT & two essays on writing |
[Oct. 12th, 2008|11:22 pm] |
Today we have one blog about VotDT and two essays for writers.
Blog
Personal Reflections on Voyage of the Dawn Treader
http://www.mrdawntreader.com/the_dawn_treader/reflections-on-the-voyage.html
Christian perspective on the book. Love the illustration at the top!
Essays
The first time I ever tried to have two of my characters make love I found that I wasn’t really conveying the scene too well. Luckily I stumbled upon Icarus’ essay on the topic, and another romantic fan-fic was born. Icarus doesn’t write Narnian fan-fic as far as I know, but I consider her essays to be applicable to all writers. I hope they prove as useful to you as they have been to me!
How to write a battle scene by Icarus
http://icarusancalion.livejournal.com/149285.html
How to write a sex scene* by Icarus
http://icarusancalion.livejournal.com/56929.html
Enjoy!
*Actually, this is not the name the author gave it, but I didn’t want to use the F word in an open blog. |
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| 1 Prince Caspian review + further reading |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|12:24 am] |
Hated the movie...
Prince Caspian Misconstrued from Lynn Maudlin’s blog
http://lynn-maudlin.livejournal.com/9223.html
Loved it...
er, sorry. Couldn’t find anything reccable. :-<
One reader’s suggestions of further reading about Narnia
The Narnia Lovers' List
A Listmania! list by J. B. Pritchard on amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/The-Narnia-Lovers-List/lm/R1VMXDVOT3ST79/ref=tag_lag_rb_munk_lmfull
And lastly for this week, here’s a publication from Mythopoeic Press Books. Check it out for the cover illustration of Aslan, if nothing else! You won’t be able to comment at this site though unless you’re a member.
"Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis"
http://community.livejournal.com/myth_soc/1522.html#cutid1
A few things here that may go on my Christmas List. Enjoy! And if anyone would like to do a book review on any of the above books (or similar) for next week, that would be fabulous! |
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