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 […]
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 […]
Are we all supposed to grow out of fairy tales? If we are, then perhaps I’m a Peter Pan who will never grow up because I still love fairy tales as an adult as much […]
If The Lord of the Rings got me addicted to epic fantasy series, Richard Adams’ Watership Down gave me hunger for novels whose protagonists are animals. And if The Wheel of Time is for me […]
Next month, I will conclude seven years of studies. This means no more lectures. No more essays. No more exams. I am hoping that it will also mean having more time for reading fiction. I […]
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