Re: SF: Book recommendations
John Ames <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:53:54 -0800
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On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:05:10 +0200 Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > Williams's novels are all fantasy set in *this* world, with the > irruption of powers from beyond. If you haven't read any of his, I > recommend starting with "War in Heaven" or "The Place of the Lion". Good to know =^_^= > I first encountered Narnia just at the time that South Africa had > become a police state, so Captain Maugrim and the statues in the > witch's castle made immediate sense to me. I had read the space > trilogy and Charles Williams several years before, when a lot of the > symbolism went over my head, but rereading them after Narnia made a > lot of other things fall into place. It's something I never imagined having personal context for, but here we are... :/