FLF Inklings (Tolkien, Lewis, and Fantasy Fans)
Group for people who dig dragons and swords and stuff.
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Narnia or Rings?
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Narnia or Rings?
Narnia or Rings?
For me it’s Narnia. While Rings is depthier in many ways, Narnia cuts to my heart every time.
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Agree, I long to breathe Narnian air. Just started The Magician’s Nephew again.
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Inklings keep both.
… and more besides.
… and read them aloud to kids and grandkids.
“Further up! Further in!”
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Rings for inspiring hearts. And for training imaginations. And the composition of the work: vocabulary, cadences in sentences even in the prose – is, to me, unsurpassed.
Narnia for bringing it back through the wardrobe to home. It is more directly relatable, to me, at least.
Other parts of CS Lewis (Space/Ransom Trilogy, at peak) engage more with my intellectual mind. I mean, it’s a conversation happening in my conscious mind in real time. Tolkien opens gates to me, and if I go on the thought journey my intellect is participating. Or I accidentally find myself pondering themes and characters in Lord of the Rings.
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