Potter is morally questionable? And Narnia isn't?
No, I believe this person found them both to be questionable. That's what I meant by "at a C.S. Lewis level."
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strega - May 19, 2011 7:46:56 am PDT #14809 of 28293
Consuela - May 19, 2011 7:47:20 am PDT #14810 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Lewis's world building is damn convincing
I have one word for you: sewing machine. (Okay, two.) And why would a beaver require a sewing machine, anyway?
Laga - May 19, 2011 7:52:47 am PDT #14811 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Because they don't make lederhosen in his size, duh!
meara - May 19, 2011 7:56:04 am PDT #14812 of 28293
And why would a beaver require a sewing machine, anyway?
Maybe he's an avid quilter. YOU DON"T KNOW!!
(OK, you'd know way more than me, since I last read the Narnia books around age 10. But STILL)
Steph L. - May 19, 2011 8:35:18 am PDT #14813 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I never was able to suspend disbelief for Potter.
I have a question about this, because I'm apparently able to suspend my disbelief for damn near anything, with virtually no effort required on the creator.
Were you able to suspend your disbelief in the entire premise enough to pick up the books? But then the world-building wasn't good enough for you to keep suspending your disbelief?
(Like I said, I'm only asking because I pretty much suspend my disbelief for anything. I might not even have any disbelief to suspend.)
Polter-Cow - May 19, 2011 1:19:50 pm PDT #14814 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
YA Dystopia Story Generator (inspired by some Kindle samples).
Reek: Lawnmowers have been banned and the government controls flirting.
Quiver: Entertainment has been banned and the government controls sofas.
Run: Patent leather shoes have been banned and the government controls patent leather shoes.
Ninja: Garlic has been banned and the government controls gravity.
Track: Midlife crises have been banned and the government controls scooters.
Atropa - May 19, 2011 9:02:22 pm PDT #14815 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Like I said, I'm only asking because I pretty much suspend my disbelief for anything. I might not even have any disbelief to suspend.)
Right there with you, Steph.
Typo Boy - May 20, 2011 1:22:16 am PDT #14816 of 28293
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Were you able to suspend your disbelief in the entire premise enough to pick up the books? But then the world-building wasn't good enough for you to keep suspending your disbelief?
I don't have to suspend my disbelief to enjoy something, at least not completely. I guess the difference (and I think this is what I'm getting at in the difference with Narnia) is that I get get caught up in Narnia. I don't think about whether the world seem real or not. The thing about the beavers with sewing machines is that I'm caught up enough not to turn that part of my brain on. Rowling, I notice shit. And I still enjoy it enough to go on. But I notice it enough that there is a bit of distance through most of the books. And I don't think I will ever reread Harry Potter. Whereas I will reread The Magician's Nephew, TLTWATW, The Silver Chair , and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader on occasion.
Rowling produces Brechtian Alienation in me, and I don't think that is what she is going for. Lewis may make me angry, but only after I put the book down.
Scrappy - May 20, 2011 11:56:35 am PDT #14817 of 28293
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Maybe it because you first read Narnia when a child and Potter as an adult?
erin_obscure - May 20, 2011 3:15:42 pm PDT #14818 of 28293
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Wow, so anyone who has read _Feed_ but hasn't been following the author's LJ should start here . She's been posting a series of 29 daily vignettes of the beginning of the rise. Sort of a prologue in serial form. And it's friggin amazing. 29 days later...we get the next book. Oh yes, my kindle, she will be busy in 11 days. Today i had 2 "ah HA!" moments. One was the 29 days deal. The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing. I went researching it because of the association with nosebleeds and holy crap it's a relative of Ebola. Are there really scientists working on human testing of virus strains that dangerous? Science is terrifying sometimes. I have washed my hands about eleventy times today.
Ok, back to your regularly scheduled reading.