Bought the movie companion collectors' book at Keplers the week before the movie came out because I could not resist. Also bought the Nintendo DS game a couple weeks earlier as well (partly for work research :-)
Reread Chronicles of Narnia right after seeing the movie (starting Dec 9)
Read new edition of Companion to Narnia after getting it for Christmas from my lovely sister...
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
I'm so happy to see so much about Narnia all over the place, it is now actually somewhat "trendy" to know about Narnia.
I always felt when I was a kid just like the Pevensies felt when being teased by their pre-dragon cousin Eustace - "Kids who talk and talk about Narnia tend to get barmier and barmier..."
It seemed as if no one knew what I was talking about and now people can come out of the woodwork and talk more about having liked Narnia in the past and the present.
It was quite fun to revisit the whole series again after having seen the movie, but of course we always read them in the original order (not the new post 1994 order) - the true order beginning with "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" not with "The Magician's Nephew".
I also really enjoyed reading the "Companion to Narnia" by Paul Ford as it is a new edition from the one I read a while ago, with new maps and new essays, plus a whole discourse that underscores how much better it is to read them in the original order!
Very hypertextual to read as it is in encyclopedia form and you are led from entry to entry either by whim or because you suddenly remember a character or idea and want to hear more about it.
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