I'm surprised that someone in this fandom doesn't know what the Chronicles of Narnia are... but here is a brief explanation for those of you who haven't yet been exposed to them:
C.S. Lewis wrote a series of Children's Books called "The Chronicles of Narnia" way back in the 50's or 60's, starting with "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" where three youngsters end up in a magical world with talking beasts by travelling through a portal in the back of a wardrobe.
The stories are wonderful as they stand alone, but there has been some criticism (as well as praise) for the religious associations of the characters in the book with modern christian icons. I've heard that C.S. Lewis was a very religious person, but I was in my late teens before I even heard of any religious association in his stories... and I first read them when I was only 7. I feel that they stand alone as fantastic works, and they are extremely anthropomorphic.
A group called Wonderworks, working with PBS and the BBC, produced a live-action version in the 1980's of all the stories up to "The Silver Chair" in 45-minute episodes... totalling about 9 hours of video. Some pretty good fursuit designs appear for the animal characters.
--Darrel.
ConFurence will again be at the Burbank Hilton, April 25-27, 2003. Visit http://confurence.net for more details on this and other events being hosted by The ConFurence Group.
I'm surprised that someone in this fandom doesn't know what the Chronicles of Narnia are... but here is a brief explanation for those of you who haven't yet been exposed to them:
C.S. Lewis wrote a series of Children's Books called "The Chronicles of Narnia" way back in the 50's or 60's, starting with "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" where three youngsters end up in a magical world with talking beasts by travelling through a portal in the back of a wardrobe.
The stories are wonderful as they stand alone, but there has been some criticism (as well as praise) for the religious associations of the characters in the book with modern christian icons. I've heard that C.S. Lewis was a very religious person, but I was in my late teens before I even heard of any religious association in his stories... and I first read them when I was only 7. I feel that they stand alone as fantastic works, and they are extremely anthropomorphic.
A group called Wonderworks, working with PBS and the BBC, produced a live-action version in the 1980's of all the stories up to "The Silver Chair" in 45-minute episodes... totalling about 9 hours of video. Some pretty good fursuit designs appear for the animal characters.
--Darrel.
ConFurence will again be at the Burbank Hilton, April 25-27, 2003. Visit http://confurence.net for more details on this and other events being hosted by The ConFurence Group.