tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post4084284459218581071..comments2024-03-29T08:26:06.759+00:00Comments on The Notion Club Papers - an Inklings blog: Review of the Audiobook Narnia Chronicles (2002)Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-7013440096463387842018-12-04T11:23:55.480+00:002018-12-04T11:23:55.480+00:00@David - I wouldn't be keen on an abridged rea...@David - I wouldn't be keen on an abridged reading - even by Michael Hordern!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-82821995311529820352018-12-04T10:49:31.630+00:002018-12-04T10:49:31.630+00:00We enjoy the abridged 1991 Caedmon audiobook of Th...We enjoy the abridged 1991 Caedmon audiobook of The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe read by the late Ian Richardson, but have never caught up with his Silver Chair or Claire Bloom's Prince Caspian, or the late Anthony Quayle's Voyage of the Dawn Treader* in the same series (apparently all recorded in the 1970s). Browsing around online, I found the audible.com listing of something I'd never heard of before - abridgments of all the Chronicles of Narnia read by the late Michael Hordern (whom we so enjoy as Gandalf in the BBC Lord of the Rings dramatization). We've also enjoyed what we've heard of the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre dramatizations (which include David Suchet as Aslan) - though (for whatever reason) I'm not sure how much of this series we've heard.<br /><br />Of these unabridged audiobooks, we (as yet?) only know the Branagh Magician's Nephew, which we thoroughly enjoy (and got in a boxed set with a nice reprint of the book with the illustrations in colour).<br /><br /><br />David Llewellyn Dodds <br /><br />*One of the delights of my school days was a complete recording of one of John Donne's Easter sermons read by Anthony Quayle, which our local public library had on LP, so I'd especially like to hear this!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-25289074456580481702018-11-27T06:45:00.974+00:002018-11-27T06:45:00.974+00:00No I havent. No I havent. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-2080431421972234942018-11-26T21:23:31.416+00:002018-11-26T21:23:31.416+00:00I haven't read Corbin Scott Carnell's Brig...I haven't read Corbin Scott Carnell's Bright Shadow of Reality, but I have the impression that it's excellent on sehnsucht -- so important for the Narnian books. I wonder if you have read it -- ?Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-33632342795504939832018-11-26T20:28:25.813+00:002018-11-26T20:28:25.813+00:00Planet Narnia is certainly one of the best. I'...Planet Narnia is certainly one of the best. I've read such a lot that I wouldn't know where to start. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-77467015317114992822018-11-26T19:12:23.072+00:002018-11-26T19:12:23.072+00:00Would you like to say a little more about scholars...Would you like to say a little more about scholarship and criticism that you have found to be worthwhile? Surely Michael Ward's Planet Narnia!<br /><br />Dale NelsonWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.com