I can't believe I didn't include the link. That's hilarious levels of fail. Here it is!
I did read them to the kids! It was one of those important things that I had to pass on no matter what. I read them in the order in which they were published because that's the order in which they were read to me, but I think you could do it either way. Thinking about it now, much as I adore The Magician's Nephew, it was maybe a good thing that my mom started with The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe because the story feels somehow more intimate? Also, The Silver Chair has the part where Aslan tells Polly and Digory that in their lifetime people will invent methods of destruction as complete as the Deplorable Word, and I remember saying to my mother--but that's not true, right? And her having to say, Um, actually--so that was a fun conversation. ... But that was in the era of nuclear destruction as opposed to the current era of evident-all-around-us climate change, which maybe means that kids grow up already knowing the Deplorable Word keeps on being spoken every day.
OMG I took this reply in a dark direction. Long story short, I think you can read them in either order, no problem.
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Date: 2019-01-07 01:06 pm (UTC)I did read them to the kids! It was one of those important things that I had to pass on no matter what. I read them in the order in which they were published because that's the order in which they were read to me, but I think you could do it either way. Thinking about it now, much as I adore The Magician's Nephew, it was maybe a good thing that my mom started with The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe because the story feels somehow more intimate? Also, The Silver Chair has the part where Aslan tells Polly and Digory that in their lifetime people will invent methods of destruction as complete as the Deplorable Word, and I remember saying to my mother--but that's not true, right? And her having to say, Um, actually--so that was a fun conversation. ... But that was in the era of nuclear destruction as opposed to the current era of evident-all-around-us climate change, which maybe means that kids grow up already knowing the Deplorable Word keeps on being spoken every day.
OMG I took this reply in a dark direction. Long story short, I think you can read them in either order, no problem.