http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/02/17/coming-out/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/02/17/coming-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3399 Francesca Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:02:42 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=662#comment-3399 Seriously. It is horrible, I agree, but I cannot convince the children that the new order is wrong because, look Mommy, 1, 2, 3... right on the spines! Grrr. Of course, C.S. Lewis WANTED people to read them in this order rather than the order he wrote them in, but this is just evidence that writers cannot be trusted about their own work and should be gently led off to a comfy seat and given canapes. Seriously. It is horrible, I agree, but I cannot convince the children that the new order is wrong because, look Mommy, 1, 2, 3… right on the spines! Grrr. Of course, C.S. Lewis WANTED people to read them in this order rather than the order he wrote them in, but this is just evidence that writers cannot be trusted about their own work and should be gently led off to a comfy seat and given canapes.

]]> http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/02/17/coming-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 Greg Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:15:13 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=662#comment-3392 Well put. And if you're like me, the genetic recombinance of re-mastering of The Chronicles of Narnia in supposed "chronological" order was an abomination. Unforgivable crime. Well put. And if you’re like me, the genetic recombinance of re-mastering of The Chronicles of Narnia in supposed “chronological” order was an abomination. Unforgivable crime.

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