Author's intentions (was Narnia reading order)

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "caliburncy" <caliburncy at y...> wrote:
> 
> You know, what particularly bothers my about this re-ordering that 
> has been done, is that the supposed "Lewis intent" to have the 
> books placed in chronological order is, apparently, based merely on
> a letter to one of his young readers.

> I suppose the reason this bothers me is that it disturbs me to 
> think that, if I were in Lewis' shoes, people would snatch up every 
> remaining scrap of everything I had ever said (that was recorded)
> or written, analyze it, and draw overreactive conclusions from it.

Isn't that exactly what we do to JKR? And *she* is still alive!