There are two things that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader does not have that the other Narnia books do: a Big Bad (i.e, a prominent villain) and an apocalyptic event that threatens the existence […]
If The Horse and His Boy is reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the Odyssey of Narnia, then The Silver Chair is the grand quest adventure of the series. […]
When I first read The Chronicles of Narnia in secondary school, The Horse and His Boy was my least favourite. Even though I have learned to appreciate and enjoy it more over the years, I […]
The Magician’s Nephew was published in 1955. It was the penultimate book in the Chronicles of Narnia that C. S. Lewis wrote but chronologically, it is the first in the series because it describes the […]
Prince Caspian is chronologically the fourth book in the Narnia series but the second written by C. S. Lewis. It sees the return of the four Pevensie children – Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy – who […]
I never played the role-playing game, but I loved Dungeons & Dragons the animated TV series first broadcast from 1983 to 1985. In the UK, It was shown on Monday afternoons on the BBC, clashing […]
In the summer of 2016, I was in New York City. While exploring the city one day, I discovered the Strand Bookstore in The Broadway. It’s a famous bookshop, I was told, which stocks both […]
The Prydain Companion: A Reference Guide to Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles (ISBN: 978-1627792349) was reissued in 2014 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the five-book fantasy series for children. It is best described by Lloyd […]
As I explain in the About Me page, my real name is Antonio but I was named after my dad which makes me a “Junior”. In the Philippines, Jun is short for Junior and not […]
I was very intrigued to hear about God Friended Me, a forthcoming drama series on CBS about Miles Finer (played by Brandon Michael Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he […]
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