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Which is your favourite of the ST?

PostPosted: June 10th, 2007, 6:56 pm
by jo

PostPosted: June 10th, 2007, 7:56 pm
by john
What? No "I haven't read any of them" option? :snooty:

PostPosted: June 10th, 2007, 8:22 pm
by A#minor

PostPosted: June 11th, 2007, 1:16 am
by Biff
Perelandra is my favorite!!

PostPosted: June 11th, 2007, 3:39 am
by Adam Linton
Perelandra; although I much enjoy OOTSP. THS, while enjoyable, is the least so of the three, for me.

PostPosted: June 12th, 2007, 9:12 pm
by Erekose
That Hideous Strength

is my favourite.. but only just.

Perhaps its because I see things in the "real" world which mirror those of the book :shocked:

PostPosted: June 12th, 2007, 10:39 pm
by Gabriel Syme
My favourite is by far That Hideous Strenght, the most realistic of the three, even if this could sound paradoxical. I think I can say that I share the very same feeling expressed by Erekose.
I'd leave out only the inverted commas from what he wrote.

Bye,
Gabriel Syme

You will meet many foes, some open and some disguised; and you may find friends upon your way when you least look for it. (Elrond)

PostPosted: June 14th, 2007, 3:45 am
by Sarah N.
Perelandra is my favorite of the three, though I also love That Hideous Strength. The sheer beauty of the prose thrills me and the whole premise of the story captures my imagination. Whenever I am thinking about Creation, the Fall, or just pondering over questions in my head, passages from this book always return to me. It has so influenced my thinking that if I am getting into a deep theological or philosophical discussion with a person, I usually end up asking, "Have you read Perelandra?" If they haven't, there is only so much that I can communicate to them about how I think, because I am not able to refer to events in the book for fear of spoiling it for them if they should choose to read it later. (Of course, this happens with other Lewis books as well. One memorable exchange went something like this:

Sarah, about to make a somewhat detailed reference to a passage in Prince Caspian : "Have you read Prince Caspian lately?"
Angie: ...
Sarah: "Ever???"

Oh well, such is life. :toothy-grin: She still teases me about that.)

PostPosted: June 14th, 2007, 9:25 am
by Bill

PostPosted: June 14th, 2007, 11:30 pm
by Gabriel Syme

PostPosted: June 15th, 2007, 11:00 am
by Warrior 4 Jesus

PostPosted: June 16th, 2007, 3:58 pm
by VixenMage
Definitely THS. I do like Perelandra a lot, but since that's the only book of the trilogy I own, (and owned for years before I really realized how awesome it was, since I read it as a kid, not really thinking about the -meaning-), I've read it so many more times than either of the others, so THS still seems so fresh, and I'm still discovering so many little things in it every time I read it.

And THS is just... really close to home, which makes it a lot more vivid.

PostPosted: June 16th, 2007, 9:04 pm
by Bill

PostPosted: June 18th, 2007, 1:57 am
by Carrie

PostPosted: June 24th, 2007, 6:15 pm
by stshores24
OOTSP is the easiest of the series, in my opinion, to pick up and just enjoy. It's a joy from start to finish.

Perelandra...well, I always enjoy it, but the parts at the end ('rotating around the field of Arbol') completely lose me every time. I've read the book twice and still don't get it. :??:

THS...is a good book, and would be my favorite of the three if it wasn't just so darn long. It seems to take forever until things finally start turning around for the better. To me, it wasn't as depressing as The Last Battle, which I read a few months ago for the first time, but still...I'm not sure that I'll be listening to (the audiobook version of) THS again any time soon.