We just recieved word today that CS Lewis’s beloved Chronicles of Narniawill soon receive their own “Leatherbound Classics Edition” from Barnes and Noble.  This hardcover volume, will include all seven books in one, and is sure to  be a treasured keepsake for every fan. There is no word on if the books will be featrued in their original publication order or their chronological order. As soon as we can get  further information on the volume, we will let you know.

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This would be one amazing find, as The Last Battle is my favorite book in the series.  A first edition of the book has been discovered by a pair of charity bookshop volunteers.  Christine and Robert Williams were sorting through a delivery of donations to the National Trust’s second-hand bookshop at Mottisfont and came across a copy of the book.  Small, hardcovered, complete with a beautifully illustrated dust jacket.  The book was published in 1956 and could be worth as much as £1,000.

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Narnia Fan Spy Reepicheep, Knight of Narnia, wrote to us about the return of Narnia.com earlier today. Initially, when I went to the domain, it still went to the Disney website. I believe that the DNS hadn’t updated in my area yet.

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Jordan Davis has written an excellent article on C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia for The Nation.  It dives into Laura Miller’s The Magician’s Book, in which she is so deep into her own claimed perspective that she is in constant denial of what she wants to avoid.  He writes:

Born in 1898 to a Belfast solicitor and his mathematics-trained wife, C.S. Lewis, or Jack, as he preferred to be called, was deemed by his tutor for the Oxford entrance exams to have been “born with the literary temperament,” and “while admirably adapted for excellence and probably for distinction in literary matters, he is adapted for nothing else.” It was true. An admirer of Beatrix Potter, young Jack wrote talking-animal novels and came to have hopes of success as a poet. One thing got in the way: he was not a poet. And not, by the way, in the manner in which Ford Madox Ford wasn’t a poet–Ford in his poems lived up to his standard that poetry should be at least as well written as prose. Lewis talked down to himself in his poems; this is the fatal flaw in much of what we know as bad poetry.

Read the rest at The Nation

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In recent years, there have been two different fantasy series that share similarities. They have the same basic plots, the same basic creatures, and so on. Looking at the posters, cases, and trailers, you would think they were very alike, but when you look deeper, you see that they are very different indeed. This fact shows itself through the success of the books and films of their names. (more…)

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WETA has been nominated for the 2009 Children’s and Young Adults Book Awards, for their book ‘The Crafting of Narnia.’

Congratulations WETA!  You deserve it!

Before you can film a fantasy movie, you must create an authentic world. What kind of weather is found within, what would the buildings be made of, what creatures populate its land, and what is the history behind its people? For every stunning frame of film, there have been countless hours of work to create such majesty. And what a task to bring to the screen one of the world’s most beloved children’s series, C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Welcome to Tumnus’s Book Shelf where we review any and all books related to The Chronicles of Narnia and CS Lewis! For today’s book we will be reviewing Tales Before Narnia, edited by Douglas Anderson.

Title: Tales Before Narnia

Author: Various

Edited by: Douglas A. Anderson

Publisher: Del Ray

ISBN -10: 0345498909

ISBN -13: 978-0345498908

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TitleTrakk.com has just added a new Characters of Narnia Feature tonight that delves into each type of character that appears within the Chronicles of Narnia.

Starting with “The Children,” continuing with “The Animals,” and followed by “Strange and Not So Strange;” the article has a lot of spoilers if you haven’t read all of the books.

“Not one fan of the Chronicles has been there, but I don’t know of one who would hesitate a heartbeat if given the opportunity to visit.”

Read Characters in Narnia at TitleTrakk.com!

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One of my favorite websites is called “Woot.com” where they sell a single product each day.  They have a spin-off site called Shirt.Woot that has a weekly derby.  Each derby is based on a topic of their choosing, and the three highest voted designs are printed, one each day, Friday-Sunday.

This week’s topic is book-titles reinterpreted, and someone created a design for “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”  The only way to vote for it, however, is if you have ever made a purchase from Woot.com (or shirt.woot) in the past.  It might not win, but I like the design a lot.

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We recently had the opportunity of interviewing Matthew Peterson, whose debut young adult novel, Paraworld Zero, shares some similarities to Narnia.  Fans of the Chronicles of Narnia should enjoy this book, as evidenced by the interview below.  I hope that you enjoy it!

NarniaFans.com: Tell us a bit about yourself, for our readers that might not know much about you.
Mathew Peterson: I live in Arizona with my wonderful wife, five boys, and our giant African tortoise. In addition to being an author, I have a little acting experience and now some audiobook narration experience. I won the first writing contest I entered as a young teenager and again as an adult. My debut YA novel, Paraworld Zero, came out this year and placed in five book/audiobook contests and hit two bestseller lists.

NarniaFans.com: Can you give us a quick teaser for Paraworld Zero that will give us an idea of what we’re in for?
Mathew Peterson: Twelve-year-old earthling, Simon Kent, stumbles upon a secret that thrusts him into a bizarre adventure filled with magic, technology and deadly out-of-this-world creatures. He discovers a true friend, confronts his inner demons and becomes the savior to a peculiar race of people, when all he truly wants is to find his way back home. Parallel to Simon’s adventures is a mystery involving a catlike spy and a magical swordsman who both struggle to maintain peace among the paraworlds. But evil lurks in unexpected places, and few people can be trusted. Their paths ultimately lead them to Simon: the one boy who might be able to prevent the biggest assassination attempt in the known paraverse. (more…)

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