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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2005-10-31 01:02 pm

Old Proofreaders Never Die

I was reading this publisher's blurb about the newly released book Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy at
http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/chronicles_of_narnia.htm

The first sentence reads, "Pushing through some mothballed fur coats in a wardrobe in a disused room of an old London house, Lucy and the other Pevensie children found themselves in a strange and wonderful country, populated by creatures unknown in our world."

Well, it's not in London, for starters. They've been sent to the countryside during the Blitz. The London house is in The Magician's Nephew.

[identity profile] goldenstag.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Not to mention "unknown in our world" which is an interesting concept. Every one of those creatures in Narnia is one that is "known" at least in myth in our world ...

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I've seen a talking beaver which eats bacon in any other myth, but in general, yes, all the critters are standard issue fantasy.

[identity profile] goldenstag.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, okay, if you want to pick nits. <g>, I was generalizing.

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I LOVE picking nits. Nibble on their tiny feet, etc.