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Title: Not Narnia, but Good Anyway
Review: This novel is not as good as the Chronicles of Narnia- but few are. The story itself is simple, yet like most of C.S. Lewis' work, it is allegorical. For most of the book, he maintains the perfect balance between traditional storytelling and telling his message. The subjects he deals with just below the surface of the plotline are the true gems here.Questions arise: what value judgement are we making when we believe the human race is the only one that should be entitled to the entire universe? Lewis, like Tolkien, was influenced greatly by WWII and it shows here. He questions the absurdity of armed conflict and analyzes it down to the simplest of levels, to the way a creature on Mars would view it. Although some may find the pacing a bit slow, I found it like savoring a fine wine- no reason to rush, and every reason to try to discern the subtleties.
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