by KateGladstone » November 18th, 2008, 3:01 pm
Re the presumed inconsistency in having
" ... Shasta mount the horse given to him by Lunes hunting party in a moment, causing a remark of lord Darrin [on how well Shasta mounts] - whereas two days ealier at the tombs he e[n]vies Aravis 'Shasta wished he could mount like that'." --
this involves no real inconsistency, if Shasta mounts more skillfully than Lord Darrin but less skillfully than Aravis (who has *also* had a Talking Horse available to teach her ... )
Another inconsistency bothers me more: in THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW, we learn that the humans in Narnia heard the stars singing just as soon as they saw the stars appear (suggesting that sound in Narnia travels as fast as light), but in THE LAST BATTLE the humans (and others) hear the Giant Time blow his horn only some seconds *after* they see him blow it (and Lewis specifically states that this happened because sound travels slower than light ... ) ...
?!?!