Into the Wardrobe

Haha, too true.

I voted Till We Have Faces. It's an astounding, poignant piece of literature.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was my choice. I always loved its magical sea voyage. After that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and then The Great Divorce. It's hard to pick a favorite since I love all of Lewis' books. I own almost all of them except The Dark Tower, A Preface to Paradised Lost, and couple of others. Anyone else here own the Narnia series in hardcover with Pauline Baynes' illustrations? I have the Harper Collins edition with black and white pictures, and the volumes are numbered in chronological order. The color illustrated edition is very beautiful, but it is expensive in hardcover.

Larry W.

Warrior, I'm surprised you not only found Surprised By Joy boring but also Till We Have Faces. It makes me wonder, did you just read them because you had to read them, say for school or something? Or just because you were bored and wanted something to pass the time? The reason I ask is because I think you may be missing the specialness of both books, and particularly TWHF - as my own experience (after initially finding it boring also) was that it was not only brilliant but extremely thought provoking.

May I challenge you to re-read it with no preconceived ideas as to how boring or interesting it is.

I chose Mere Christianity because of Book Four, which I believe is the clearest statement of the purpose of human life, viewed from a Christian perspective.

Great Divorce and Horse and His Boy are close seconds. GD portrays the plight of the human being well, the inability to let go of hell, of hellishness. HHB is my favorite story; I think it is interesting that the Parent Trap is a movie I can watch over-and-over without losing interest. There is something about the separated twin that appeals. I recall Lewis' thoughts on the value of myths.

Favorite book is Mere Christianity. Second is Til We Have Faces