Hmmm... I think the fictional stories are fantastic and I can remember reading some of them as a child. I love the way Lewis writes... It is both inspirational and uplifting... He weaves messages of Jesus, hope, love, peace and justice into the books in a really creative way.

I do love the stories, but I think my favorite book is his 'The Four Loves' which is a non fiction book about the different types of love (Affection, Friendship, Eros-between man and woman and Caritas-non dependant unconditional)

I just like the way that it is written, in a completely formal tone and with a clear christian love message, I think it is one of the only books I have come across which describes christianity or love in an academic way.

B

One of my earliest book memories is of being read the Chronicles of Narnia. They are family favorites that we've been through together countless times. My mom has this great reading voice that brings each of the characters to life with their own unique characteristics. I could go on for a long while about favorite parts in this series, but here's one. I love the end of The Last Battle where they're discovering heaven. People have a hard time picturing what heaven is like, and I think Lewis has done an incredible job of capturing some of its essence. This part of the book thrills me every time I hear it.

As to other writings by Lewis, I've loved everything of his that I've read - though not always at the first read. Till We Have Faces is a beautiful retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth, but I didn't fully appreciate it on the first read - sometime in my early teen years. I read it again in my early twenties, and thought it was the best thing I'd ever read that had been written in English.

Of course Lewis' non-fiction is splendid as well - though his stories have so much truth woven through them that dividing fiction and non-fiction seems almost peculiar. :o)

I absolutely love CS Lewis' works. I bought a book that has seven of his works in one and it's been awesome-- I'm currently reading through Screwtape Letters. Lewis gives such a good perspective on all sorts of things and to envision the Devil's standpoint is ambitious and is teaching me a lot. Narnia is awesome too, of course-- my roommates and I watched the second movie a few nights ago. :) Good luck speaking in Disney, Vicky!

I read through the Chronicles of Narnia as a child. My childhood friends would role play the battle scenes it was awesome memories. Favorite books by CS Lewis would be Lion,Witch,Wardrobe,Miracles, and Mere Christianity.

Nathan

My mom also read the entire series of the Chronicles of Narnia to me. No movies had been made of them yet, and there were not many illustrations, so you had to really use your imagination!

Oh, forgot to mention - that's pretty cool that you get to speak at Disney World. I've never been, but I hear that it's a pretty great place.

As to the homeschooling day, that should be interesting too. :o) Homeschoolers these days come in a variety of sizes and flavors. I was actually homeschooled for part of my education and of my two sisters who are still in school, one is doing homeschool.

I haven't read C.S. Lewis, but I saw the two movies and Lewis is definitely on my must-read list.

Vicky,

I love CS Lewis! One of my favorite quotes from the Narnia series: Lucy to Susan in Lion, Witch; when talking about Aslan- Susan asks, "Is he safe?" Lucy replies, "No, but he's good".

You need to come to Kansas City!

Ahh! I missed that you were in KC! Did you sing anywhere?

Disney World! I've always wanted to go there...

I just recently saw the lion,the witch and the wardrobe. To be honest, I'm not sure what to think about it cause I never liked that type of fiction. But the variety in human/animal combinations and the heads are pretty funny though. I have to say, seeing that movie made me curious about 'Prince Caspian'. So, maybe someday I'm gonna watch that movie too, just not yet. About his books, I've never read one but I got one from the library today that seems to be a good book to start with!

Have fun speaking at Disney World!

I love the Narnia books... one of my favorite parts is at the end of "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" when Aslan tells the kids that there is a way to his world from their world, and when they ask how they will find it, he says "I shall be telling you all the time." I cry every time I read that!

I also love the part in "The Last Battle" when Aslan calls everything good out of old Narnia into new Narnia. I love how Lewis describes the new, real Narnia vs. the old one- like the real thing, versus a reflection of the real thing. Jewel the Unicorn says, "The reason why we loved the old Narnia is that sometimes it looked a little like this."

I'm always reading one of those books :)

Hello Vicky!

I've just posted about it here:
http://www.narniafans.com/archives/2888

I hope you don't mind! Also, if you would like, I would love to do an interview via e-mail, about the event.

Also, do you have any Lewis or Narnia inspired music that I can add to the website?

I have always adored Aslan in C.S. Lewis's writings. There's something so comforting about envisioning Jesus as a lion. I literally get chills whenever I watch Aslan on screen in either of the Narnia movies. A sense of overwhelming peace comes over me just thinking about how much gentleness, love and authority the He possesses.

Hi Viky, I’ve been thinking about the Chronicles of Narnia and even though I haven’t been a fan of the books growing up, I am a fan of C.S. Lewis since the released of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and just recently Prince Caspian.

I love the way C S Lewis starts the movie, Prince Caspian, with the Prince being exiled from his home and fleeing into the forest. It really reflects the themes of biblical exiles of God’s people through out Israel’s history. I’ve been reading Simply Christian by N.T. Wright which he discusses the many exiles and homecoming from Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, to the nation of Israel and their exiles to the land of Egypt. Wright’s final conclusion is that we’ve been exiled from the Garden of Eden and our homecoming is fulfilled in Jesus. Prince Caspian, a type of Jesus, says in to the Narnians in the forest, “I will bring peace to the Land”, and when Peter leaves Caspian’s uncle for the Prince to execute he says, “keep your life I’m giving the kingdom back to the Narnians”. Jesus has come that we might have life “and have it to the full”, John 10:10.

I love Lucy in C S Lewis’ second movie as well, because she’s the only one, it seems, “who hasn’t lost hope” in Aslan. I’m a bit taken back by Peter’s words in the stronghold where he says, “I think it’s up to us now” and “I think we’ve waited for Aslan long enough”. Lucy stands up to her older brother saying, “No you’re not listening, haven’t you forgotten who really defeated the white witch”. How often we think it is all up to us and that we are on our own in this spiritual journey.

Lucy’s statement to Peter suggests some of why Aslan hasn’t come yet when she says, “Maybe we’re the ones who need to prove ourselves the Him”. Lucy who keeps seeing Aslan and remembers the magic of the land with her child-like faith points us to the way we ought to be thinking.

Aslan comes in at the end with a roar, awakens the trees and the river defeats the army and says, “things never happen the same way twice”. With Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy leaving Narnia, never to return, King Caspian rules with Aslan and returning peace to all the land of Narnia. What a great echo of what God is doing for us in Jesus and a fulfillment of some of what Isaiah wrote in chapter 11:6-9, “calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them” and “neither animal nor human will hurt or kill on my holy mountain”.

Cheers
Lewis

Ps: I sent this to you already via myspace, but for academic proposes I need to send you it again.

Vicky,
I definitely would say that Dawn Treader is my favorite CON book. Mostly because of the character of Reepicheep. I admire his bravery and sense of purpose very much.

-Mere

Vicki!

Some of my favourite C.S. Lewis books are Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, and of course the Narnia series.

Love Disney...who doesn't??

Where would one start to explain the majesty of C.S. Lewis’ writings? On the surface we have the most brilliant allegory of Christ’s sacrifice for our traitorous actions in the Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe. But deeper in the series we see a portrait of a God not confined to our interpretation of Him, But the Lion whose roar wakes the dead, who is not a Tame Lion. To me it inspirers me to live beyond what I know to be safe, and Just Live. The Search for the Prince, and the end of all things, it’s not just a series of books; it is the deep theology of true Christianity. When the End comes and Time will be no more, the Truth will truly be seen. So many more themes that inspire the soul, I could keep on writing. That’s what the chronicles of Narnia means to me.