The Magician's Nephew: CS Lewis

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I reread this and was surprised by how little I remembered from teh time before (onoy 4 years ago!).. Bizarre. I love the whole creation of Narnia thing... very lovely

Am a tad gutted that they haven't gone for this as a film.. but well thats Hollywood!

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