Since it’s the end of another Summer of Narnia, here’s a visual essay about endings … the ending (death) of Jadis! It’s a scene you don’t find depicted too often. I can guess that it’s too grim. It’s not an iconic event in the book like Lucy meeting Mr. Tumnus under the lamppost is. It …
If you had all the money in the world, wouldn’t you want an Aslan-shaped cake for your next celebration? Aslan Cakes Royal Roar A red velvet cake sculpted in the form of a three-dimensional lion’s head with interior layers of mascarpone cream. It is covered with yellow and gold fondant airbrushed with lifelike details. …
More reviews of Narnia fanfic I’ve read. All of these are on AOW. Note some may be locked to users not a member of a site. An anchor in the drift, by booksabouttrains This story is a HHB AU in which Shasta doesn’t escape with Bree in time and winds up being a slave …
A while back I speculated on what Narnian female names might have been like, drawing from names that were given to Victorian-era English girls. Since there’s a paucity of names for human Narnian commoners I came up with another list, shown below. (This is a sore point with me. I don’t like to be reading …
I came across these covers on a search today. They’re from Estonia, and different from most covers I’ve seen. The one above is The Magician’s Nephew, but in Estonian, it translates literally as “The Miracle Worker’s Son.” It’s one of the very few covers I’ve seen that depicts Jadis in stasis in the Hall of …
I’ve always thought dead lion paintings like the above and sculptures like this one influenced C. S. Lewis’s description of the bound and dead Aslan’s presence and majesty. Note how the artist’s second name even means “Lion” in Spanish! Gérôme is famed today for his Orientalism, that is, paintings that depict everyday life in places …
Here’s some Narnia fanfic I’ve read over the past year. Modern Narnia: A History, by Twinklestar This is one of those fics that applies a pseudo-historical tone — and a meta one — to the Narnia series AND Narnia fanfic. It’s written like a textbook intended for a college literature class. An interesting little snippet. …
It’s time to look at some Dutch editions of the Chronicles. The illustration above was painted by Jan Wesseling for a 1976 omnibus edition that combined The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Prince Caspian. The pic is mainly the latter with the kids wearing modern (mid-1970s) clothing, but the far right features Caspian …
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