Comparing LOTR to Narnia

Very true. CS Lewis and Tolkien were friends after all.

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I don't think either is a mediocre series. The fans of Narnia and the fans of LOTR are both exceedingly loyal, and in many cases are the same people.

There is one important difference: The Narnia books were written for children. LOTR was written for adults.

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For me, Middle Earth is much more rooted in the kind of mythology I relate to and feel nourished by. I have only read two of the Narnia books, and seen one of the films, but they struck me as very heavy-handed allegory, even stodgy, so they weren't to my liking at all.

Plus, and maybe for me this is crucial, Tolkien's books let us go to Middle Earth. Lewis' books let us read about someone else going to Narnia. Maybe Lewis meant us to feel we could somehow go there too, but for me it doesn't achieve that; oddly, Tolkien's stuff feels more immediate and enveloping.



You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

I never made it all the way through the Narnia series, I think it was "A Horse and His Boy" that quietly gave me my fill of Narnia.

As far as the movies go, I liked #1 but I hated the childishness of Caspian and his jealousy of Peter in film 2... that wasn't in the book.

BBC did a marvelous series on Narnia a couple of decades ago that (IMO) was much more well done than the recent movies. There was an animated version another decade back that was also well received.

I love both, but Narnia will still remain as my favorite childhood movie.

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Lewis was much more heavy-handed in his use of allegory.

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Tolkien, despite Lewis being his closest friend,agreed with CTS-1 that the allegory in Narnia was way too heavy handed.

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