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Surgoshan:
Poe was never meant to be scary.
He always meant to be really, really creepy.
Vendetagainst:
Yeah, Poe was supposed to be psychologically disturbing. Things like being buried alive or strapped down and cut open by a swinging blade weren't supposed to make you jump, they were meant to make your gut churn and your mind reel. And, at least for me, they do that very well. I love Poe to death.
Plus, he wasn't just creepy story guy. His poetry is absolutely beautiful. Alone in particular is among my most favorite poems.
Tom:
I totally agree, Vendetagainst although I must admit, some of his poems are still fearfully disturbing yet hauntingly beautiful.
TheMooseOfDeath:
Well if we're going for creepiness rather scariness, then by all means I'll give him that
Ozymandias:
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--- Quote from: Zombiedude on 21 Aug 2009, 16:45 ---I never really noticed any christian undertones in Narnia when I read it as a kid. Really
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Of course you didn't. I didn't either, and I'm willing to bet that 90% of the kids who read it or had it read to them by their parents didn't. The problem with the "Narnia as Christian propaganda" argument is that it only works if the child reading the Narnia books is familiar with the Bible in the first place (and I'm not talking about children and not adults because they're children's books and most people read them first when they're children). If you don't know anything about Christianity or the Bible then the Narnia series is just a bunch of stories about a talking Lion and a bunch of kids who turn out to be Princes and Princesses in a fantasy land with an evil witch and fauns and dwarves and stuff. Let's not forget, kids tend to take things pretty much at face value and of their own accord they don't generally seek out deeper meanings or moral lessons in stories.
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This is exactly right. I have lots of problems with the Narnia books and I think I've ranted about them many times in Meebo but I'd still be totally fine with my kids reading them because they'd never notice or absorb the problems I had with the books. They're just neat little fantastical stories for a kid.
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