: : : : : I must say though, that nothing C.S. Lewis wrote interests me very much now. All of it seems much too blunt. The Chronicles were wonderful when I was young, but even then, they seemed a bit too much like sitting in religion class (Catholic school). The symbology is so heavy that there is very little room for interpretation or imagination.

: : : : : This is even more true of the space trilogy, which in my mind almost qualifies as downright awful. Each book deals with a specific "sin" or spiritual concept (e.g., obedience vs. rebellion). And all of it is quite "unrealistic" (I mean that silly, physically impossible things happen), and it just left me flat and unmoved.

: : : : : Of all Lewis's works, the Great Divorce is the most interesting (to my mind), and even that gets tedious after a while. But at least the concept is thought-provoking.

: : : : : Dave C-Q

: : : : WOW! somebody aggrees with me on the C.S. Lewis books...I tought I was the only one who found them silly & borring (no offence to anyone that likes them )

: : : : I'll stick with something a little more Entish ;^)

: : : What about THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS are they also "borring"?

: : No, they are excellent. Screwtape is a devil who is writing letters of advice to his "nephew", Wormwood. Wormwood is a junior devil who has been assigned to a human to tempt him throughout his life. It's a roundabout way of giving advice on Christian living. Very interesting.

: I know I have read some of it already I was just wondering what he thought of it. (If he rad it at all.)

Warning: this is posted based only by what I understand from this forum. information is probably inacurate.
the Chronicles of Narnia, and other books by C.S. Lewis seems to be Christian allegorays. When I read them as a child I never understood that, but concluosion from what I think was said, and based on my memories from my own experinces while reading the books years ago is:

If you are are familiar with christianity, and "belive" it, those books will probably be very interesting and educational for you. If you are familiar with christianity and don't "belive" it (please, don't take this believe too literally, i'm talking about a pretty specific kind of belief) it will probably sound like preaching to you, and therefore- boring. If you are not familiar with chritianity (as I was/am) those books will probably be interesting just for the adventure in them. This kind of interest probably applies also to the first two cases.