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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

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      There are some ways in which Narnia is better, mainly as Christian allegory, but it is inferior in a great many others. Tolkien was just better at world-building, deeper in his literary/historical/mythological influences than anybody else who has ever written in this field. https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1254487480520368129 …

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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      Tolkien was, frankly, a better writer (at least of fiction) than C.S. Lewis. The Narnia books have their moments of brilliance (eg, Puddleglum's speech, Aslan's deep magic), but Tolkien defines the genre for good reasons.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      I, personally, would probably rank Narnia fourth among the great fantasy epic series I have read, behind (1) Middle-Earth (2) Harry Potter & (3) Thomas Covenant. All four are tremendous works in their own way, with different strengths & shortcomings.

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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      Narnia is more like the Potter books in terms of its reliance on children as protagonists. It's deeper & more Christian, but also less lively & cohesive as a unified piece of storytelling, shorter on its characters.

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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      Also, the Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe is (like the first Harry Potter & the Hobbit) more obviously a kids' book than the rest of the series. Voyage of the Dawn Treader is easily the best of the Narnia series.

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    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      Confession: I didn't much like the Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe as a kid, never read the series until I tried with my son, gave up halfway thru Horse & His Boy. Only with my youngest did I get all the way through the series to appreciate the later books.

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    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      The Hobbit, by contrast, was the first 'real' book I read, a a second-grader. Tolkien's world engrossed me throughout my youth.

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    8. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      The two other big fantasy series I've read were Terry Brooks' Shannara series, which I read in my early teens and can no longer even remember at all, & Christopher Paolini's Eragon series, which I read aloud -- it was fun & had some great moments but was very derivative.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Mike Rathbone

      Narrative challenge of Christian fantasy, which Tolkien & Lewis addressed in different ways: the reader wants the Hero to prevail, but this conflicts w/Christian lesson that victory comes only by humbling ourselves to accept salvation as a gift from God.https://twitter.com/MikeRathbone86/status/1254494219764408325 …

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      Middle Earth has a complete history, mythology, and has better metaphysics. Also, since it takes place in "Old Testament" times it is less explicitly religious because God is more remote.
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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Hooch

          They were sort of the Beatles & Stones of epic, highbrow fantasy writinghttps://twitter.com/barrelproven/status/1254493469449617409 …

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          Tolkien and Lewis were friends. It is not unthinkable that they sharpened each other’s works. https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1254490779302662150 …
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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

          If you've never read the Covenant books, especially the original two trilogies, you should do that. Powerful & disturbing. Donaldson has a firm grip on fallibility & tragedy. And his vision of redemption is also ultimately quite Christian.

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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2020

          As for the Paolini books, the ending (which I won't spoil here) is quite elegant; my favorite part is where the dragons band together to eliminate the names of their betrayers from their language, so they can no longer even *think* of their own selves.

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        1. Jim Tunney‏ @JimTunney7 26 Apr 2020
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          While he denied direct allegory, Tolkien was clearly writing under the influence of war-torn Europe. Narnia, oth, was clearly written for kids with a direct intent at Christian allegory. But Lewis’ main strength was adult apologetics and the genius of Screwtape is undeniable.

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