[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Discworld Novels, reading in order

[golden faile]

> > they were written, and I see no real reason to
> read them in any other order - oops, that didn't
sound quite right: I think you can read 
> > them in any order, so why not as published?
> 
> 
> > I have the same comment on the Narnia series:
> people rearrange them 
> > into the internal chronological order, but there
> is no great virtue 
> > in this IMO.
> 
> I agree with Tabouli--there is a great sense of
> discovery when you 
> have read five books since The Lion, the Witch and
> the Wardrobe before 
> you finally come upon the account of the creation of
> the wardrobe.  
> This came up on this list once before, and someone
> said that Lewis 
> himself wanted the books to be numbered in internal
> chronological 
> order, which to me just proves that authors don't
> always know best.  
> <g>
> 
> Amy
> who has read them each about 10 times but has never
> sat down to read 
> them in internal chronological order.  Next time.
>
I saw this post and I had to respond. I recently
bought a boxed set of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA for my
nieces' 11th birthday. It seems that the publisher/or
Lewis' remaining family(I can't recall if he had any)
took it upon themselves to right the wrong. The books
are now numbered, and The Magicians Nephew is numbered
as the first book in the series, not like when I first
picked up the series many,many, moons ago. Judegeing
from the varying ages of the postees this must be a
fairly recent development.

Laila


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