Re: Prince Caspian and The Lord of the Rings (spoilers)

Sea Wasp wrote:

Rich Horton wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2008 18:21:18 -0400, Sea Wasp
<seawaspObvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


They're following the main thrust of narrative first, which makes sense. "The Horse and His Boy" is really the odd man out, as it's the only one that doesn't focus on some Son of Adam or Daughter of Eve entering these other worlds.



It's also my favorite, perhaps for that reason.

They'll have to change the description of the Calormenes, of course,
to avoid offending contemporary sensibilities.


I don't see why. If anything, they're almost close to topical villains now.

Changing them would lose the point. What are you going to do, make them Nazis?




I would do quite the opposite. Make them extremely Arabian-Nights-y, to the point where it is obvious that they have no connection to any current nation or culture.

Brenda



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