I wanted there to have been occasional Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve throughout history, their origins and identities unknown to the Pevensies but known to Aslan.
Oh yes, that would have been fun! (And IMO part of the problem with The Last Battle is that it closes down the possibility that You, Dear Reader, might find your way to Narnia yourself.) And in general I shared the feeling that all this backstory isn't really necessary and in fact detracts - do we need to know about the origin of the wardrobe or the lamp post or Jadis or indeed Narnia itself?
Also surely having evil come into the world from outside the world, as Jadis does, causes some sort of theological problem with the worldbuilding.
I did love Fledge the carthorse turning into a pegasus though. And the Wood Between the Worlds is SUCH a vivid image.
The intellectualized response may not be an inevitable part of growing up, but perhaps an inevitable part of becoming a critical/discerning reader who has more elaborate responses to books than "I loved it!/I hated it"? It isn't an ability I would want to lose but there are times it would be nice to just turn it off for a book or two.
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Oh yes, that would have been fun! (And IMO part of the problem with The Last Battle is that it closes down the possibility that You, Dear Reader, might find your way to Narnia yourself.) And in general I shared the feeling that all this backstory isn't really necessary and in fact detracts - do we need to know about the origin of the wardrobe or the lamp post or Jadis or indeed Narnia itself?
Also surely having evil come into the world from outside the world, as Jadis does, causes some sort of theological problem with the worldbuilding.
I did love Fledge the carthorse turning into a pegasus though. And the Wood Between the Worlds is SUCH a vivid image.
The intellectualized response may not be an inevitable part of growing up, but perhaps an inevitable part of becoming a critical/discerning reader who has more elaborate responses to books than "I loved it!/I hated it"? It isn't an ability I would want to lose but there are times it would be nice to just turn it off for a book or two.