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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
I still remember the day when I was 11 when Miss Utting, our English teacher, came in the classroom carrying a pile of copies of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was our […]
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The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes, and Narnia comes to an end with The Last Battle. With this book, Narnia fans must contend with not just one but two […]
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
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 […]
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The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
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. […]
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The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
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 […]
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The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
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 […]
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Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
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 […]
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Dungeons & Dragons the Animated Series
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 […]
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
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 […]
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The Prydain Companion
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 […]