Comments for The Old Artificer http://dedulysses.wordpress.com Cunning, Exile, and Silence Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by Marie-Laure http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3391 Marie-Laure Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:22:46 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3391 Sorry, but I am french, so excuse my bad english. I just want say what I have feel when I read what Pullman said about Narnia... I didn't like the books. I LOVED the books !!!! So, I were very schoked and sad. We can read a book and just spend good time. No need to all denounce !!! I loved the book because I feel good when I read it. So, I don't need to know if Lewis had wanted to say anything else... I just want wonders. So, let us dream..... ( Sorry for my english :S) Sorry, but I am french, so excuse my bad english. I just want say what I have feel when I read what Pullman said about Narnia… I didn’t like the books. I LOVED the books !!!! So, I were very schoked and sad.
We can read a book and just spend good time. No need to all denounce !!!
I loved the book because I feel good when I read it. So, I don’t need to know if Lewis had wanted to say anything else… I just want wonders. So, let us dream…..
( Sorry for my english :S)

]]> Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by Jaxbackatya http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3389 Jaxbackatya Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:09:06 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3389 I love how the people who do not agree with the blog's message do not have anything to back it up with, just foul language. I just want to say: 1-He isn't saying they are terrible, he is saying that under the thin literary veil lurks something you may not have seen. And judging by the responses, YOU DIDN'T and you feel stupid and threatened. 2-You loving the books isn't proof of anything. 3-Some people love God and have a strong relationship with him, and still do not want propaganda peddled to our children. We can go to church and not want to have faith 'snuck in' like we cannot be trusted to make our own choices. The point is, aside from the literary beauty of these books, they are dishonest. I didn't get the Narnia books to be preached to, that is why I go to church. 4-I admit to reading the books and not seeing the messages. I did not like the books. I thought they stretched a bit in a literary sense and the imagery was clumsy. I did feel some sexist undertones to the stories, which made me a little uncomfortable. 5-Go see the movie adaptation, it supposedly takes the christian propaganda to a point where the only way you could not see it is if you were blind (or so I am told) I love how the people who do not agree with the blog’s message do not have anything to back it up with, just foul language. I just want to say:

1-He isn’t saying they are terrible, he is saying that under the thin literary veil lurks something you may not have seen. And judging by the responses, YOU DIDN’T and you feel stupid and threatened.

2-You loving the books isn’t proof of anything.

3-Some people love God and have a strong relationship with him, and still do not want propaganda peddled to our children. We can go to church and not want to have faith ’snuck in’ like we cannot be trusted to make our own choices. The point is, aside from the literary beauty of these books, they are dishonest. I didn’t get the Narnia books to be preached to, that is why I go to church.

4-I admit to reading the books and not seeing the messages. I did not like the books. I thought they stretched a bit in a literary sense and the imagery was clumsy. I did feel some sexist undertones to the stories, which made me a little uncomfortable.

5-Go see the movie adaptation, it supposedly takes the christian propaganda to a point where the only way you could not see it is if you were blind (or so I am told)

]]> Comment on NYT: Evidence of Christians Directly Influencing Marketing of Narnia (1/21/06) by XRumerMonstroZ http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/01/21/nyt-evidence-of-christians-directly-influencing-marketing-of-narnia/#comment-3388 XRumerMonstroZ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:19 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/01/21/nyt-evidence-of-christians-directly-influencing-marketing-of-narnia/#comment-3388 Hi! Gimme any link to download XRumer 5 warez! Thank you... Very-very much. I'm so need this program for advertise my web projects! This software is the best thing for online promo and mass posting, you know... And, dont send me XRumer 2.9 and XRumer 3.0 - that versions are too old! P.S. Google cant help me(((( Hi!
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]]> Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by Chardon-Nodrahc http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3387 Chardon-Nodrahc Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:32:32 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3387 Well, I'm French and I translate the text. It can be difficult to understand ... Pullman sees only the bad side of Narnia. Susan part to become adult, but the other girls compensate for his betrayal. Lucy is not one of the nicest? Polly is less sharp than Digory, Jill is less odious qu'Eustache! There are villains who are girls and other boys. In my opinion, Lewis had to leave someone. And Susan is the least important of the Friends of Narnia. Eustache and Jill go in the last book, so it can not leave Narnia. In addition, it has changed the lives of Digory and Edmund. Peter King is the great and Lucy is too beloved of Narniens. So, he took Susan. Then the Carlomenes have dark skin and they are wicked, but Telmarins have pale skin and they are evil too. Pullman, you do not like Narnia, but let those who love it love it. Well, I’m French and I translate the text. It can be difficult to understand …

Pullman sees only the bad side of Narnia. Susan part to become adult, but the other girls compensate for his betrayal. Lucy is not one of the nicest? Polly is less sharp than Digory, Jill is less odious qu’Eustache! There are villains who are girls and other boys. In my opinion, Lewis had to leave someone. And Susan is the least important of the Friends of Narnia. Eustache and Jill go in the last book, so it can not leave Narnia. In addition, it has changed the lives of Digory and Edmund. Peter King is the great and Lucy is too beloved of Narniens. So, he took Susan.

Then the Carlomenes have dark skin and they are wicked, but Telmarins have pale skin and they are evil too.

Pullman, you do not like Narnia, but let those who love it love it.

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]]> Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by Jasmine http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3385 Jasmine Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:55:24 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3385 I am a third year undergraduate writing a thesis on classical influences in 'The Chronicles Of Narnia', and as part of that I am focusing on some of the influence Lewis had, in turn, on other writers of the twentieth century - Philip Pullman included. What I have learnt over this long period of research and analysis of every word in 'The Chronicles' is that, by and large, Lewis meant well, and wished to share the joy he felt in his own conversion to Christianity with others, but his words are reflective of the world he grew up in and lived in; it is unfortunate that, occasionally, people cannot always take that into account and put Lewis' work in context. This does not mean I agree with Lewis: on the contrary, I find Lewis' treatment of Susan very distasteful, and the racial overtones are hard to ignore - but the fact remains that Lewis wrote these stories as a man in his fifties, set in his ways and opinions. Therefore, I think that, another 50 years after he wrote 'The Chronicles', we cannot judge Lewis with the context of modern society. Whilst I respect Pullman's opinions, I must profess that his censorship, if correct in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, was not correct when you take into account the time in which Lewis was writing; he wrote about what he knew and what he believed, and he cannot be blamed for that. I am a third year undergraduate writing a thesis on classical influences in ‘The Chronicles Of Narnia’, and as part of that I am focusing on some of the influence Lewis had, in turn, on other writers of the twentieth century – Philip Pullman included. What I have learnt over this long period of research and analysis of every word in ‘The Chronicles’ is that, by and large, Lewis meant well, and wished to share the joy he felt in his own conversion to Christianity with others, but his words are reflective of the world he grew up in and lived in; it is unfortunate that, occasionally, people cannot always take that into account and put Lewis’ work in context. This does not mean I agree with Lewis: on the contrary, I find Lewis’ treatment of Susan very distasteful, and the racial overtones are hard to ignore – but the fact remains that Lewis wrote these stories as a man in his fifties, set in his ways and opinions. Therefore, I think that, another 50 years after he wrote ‘The Chronicles’, we cannot judge Lewis with the context of modern society. Whilst I respect Pullman’s opinions, I must profess that his censorship, if correct in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, was not correct when you take into account the time in which Lewis was writing; he wrote about what he knew and what he believed, and he cannot be blamed for that.

]]> Comment on For the Love of Narnia by TAJ http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2005/12/26/for-the-love-of-narnia-refutes-pullmans-problems-with-lewis/#comment-3384 TAJ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:55:50 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2005/12/26/for-the-love-of-narnia-refutes-pullmans-problems-with-lewis/#comment-3384 I JUST CANT STOP WHACHING YOU FILMS AND ALSO MY ROOM IS FULL OF NARNIA POSTER I JUST CANT STOP WHACHING YOU FILMS AND ALSO MY ROOM IS FULL OF NARNIA POSTER

]]> Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by lucy http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3382 lucy Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:08:49 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3382 My god, Phillip, you are an ignorant jerk! C.S. Lewis's stories are beauiful! They tell of a land that is so unlike our world and yet we can all relate to it some how. And Susan IS NOT, like a cinderella where the ugly stepsisters win! She is a tratic heroine who's lost her way in a mist of parties and friends and can't remember the childlike way she used to be. You don't know what you're talking about so shut up. And by the way, phillip pullman, your books, (Forgive me for using this word) Suck. they really do. they should all be burned. And "The problem of Susan by neil Gaiman" also sucks. I read it, it was awful. Go fall in a ditch pullman. BTW: I agree with Deitra up there. You know squat about Narnia. Signed Lucy who loves narnia My god, Phillip, you are an ignorant jerk! C.S. Lewis’s stories are beauiful! They tell of a land that is so unlike our world and yet we can all relate to it some how. And Susan IS NOT, like a cinderella where the ugly stepsisters win! She is a tratic heroine who’s lost her way in a mist of parties and friends and can’t remember the childlike way she used to be. You don’t know what you’re talking about so shut up. And by the way, phillip pullman, your books, (Forgive me for using this word) Suck. they really do. they should all be burned.
And “The problem of Susan by neil Gaiman” also sucks. I read it, it was awful.
Go fall in a ditch pullman.
BTW: I agree with Deitra up there. You know squat about Narnia.
Signed
Lucy who loves narnia

]]> Comment on The Golden Compass Promotional Footage and On the Issue of God and Religion in the His Dark Materials Films (Updated) by Caernarvon http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-golden-compass-promotional-footage-and-on-the-issue-of-god-and-religion-in-the-his-dark-materials-films/#comment-3379 Caernarvon Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:53:26 +0000 http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/the-golden-compass-promotional-footage-and-on-the-issue-of-god-and-religion-in-the-his-dark-materials-films/#comment-3379 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Caernarvon! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

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]]> Comment on The Darkside of Narnia by Pullman by ms. Smith http://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3378 ms. Smith Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:51:51 +0000 https://dedulysses.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/the-darkside-of-narnia-by-pullman/#comment-3378 Mr Pullman I read your message and I like yor books but i disagreed that C. S. Lewis was truley racist or femminst .I think your argument is too weak and i dont think in C. S. Lewis actual life he didnt do anything that show he was like that. I think in the book where he claims girls shouldnt fight is because in the the time period he was born society was like that girls shouldnt go to battle nor fight . There also hero who are girls too such as lucy ,polly and jill . To be honest i think in C. S. Lewis book girls are better then boys because in the magican nephew isnt the boy who bring evil into narnia ? It was polly who told him not to ring the bell but the boy grab her arm so she couldnt reach for her ring and ring the bell. then he was the one who gave the witch time to grab polly hair .Then when polly told him he should apolgize he didnt know why ! When the witch was in london he waits at home until polly arrives and forget about the witch . He also lies saying he was under a spell ... It isnt just him in that one book , throughout the series i read there was a lot of negative things about the boys so i doubt C. S. Lewis perfer boys over girls after all Lucy is brave and kind . She also the one who most faithful and see Alsan before Edmund and peter, in the book Prince Caspian . The reason Susan didnt go to heaven wasnt because she grew up it was because her faith was too weak she didnt belive in narnia or Aslan ( God, Jesus) so it was a good thing she wasnt in the railroad accident because as long as one is alive there is a chance that she can eventualy go to heaven . I also think the reason that proves C. S. Lewis is not a racist is that Aravis and emeth both go to heaven. emeth is one of the most ideal heros i read and he dark skinned . beside the Witch (Satan ) is White isnt she? Mr Pullman I read your message and I like yor books but
i disagreed that C. S. Lewis was truley racist or femminst .I think your argument is too weak and i dont think in C. S. Lewis actual life he didnt do anything that show he was like that. I think in the book where he claims girls shouldnt fight is because in the the time period he was born society was like that girls shouldnt go to battle nor fight . There also hero who are girls too such as lucy ,polly and jill . To be honest i think in C. S. Lewis book girls are better then boys because
in the magican nephew isnt the boy who bring evil into narnia ? It was polly who told him not to ring the bell but the boy grab her arm so she couldnt reach for her ring and ring the bell. then he was the one who gave the witch time to grab polly hair .Then when polly told him he should apolgize he didnt know why ! When the witch was in london he waits at home until polly arrives and forget about the witch . He also lies saying he was under a spell …
It isnt just him in that one book , throughout the series i read there was a lot of negative things about the boys so i doubt C. S. Lewis perfer boys over girls
after all Lucy is brave and kind . She also the one who most faithful and see Alsan before Edmund and peter, in the book Prince Caspian .

The reason Susan didnt go to heaven wasnt because she grew up it was because her faith was too weak she didnt belive in narnia or Aslan ( God, Jesus) so it was a good thing she wasnt in the railroad accident because as long as one is alive there is a chance that she can eventualy go to heaven .

I also think the reason that proves C. S. Lewis is not a racist is that Aravis and emeth both go to heaven. emeth is one of the most ideal heros i read and he dark skinned . beside the Witch (Satan ) is White isnt she?

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