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it is even said Tolkain based 'Tree Beard' on C!.S Lewis and Lewis based 'Aslan' on Tolkain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: LORD OF THE RINGS!!! sorry, but after the first three books, narnia got very, very tired and boring!. in fact, i liked the third book the best- even though it had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of them!. maybe it's cuz i'm not christian or something i'm not getting the symbolism!.!.!. lord of the rings, however, is much deeper and more complex than narnia, which is only after all a children's series!. also, the aura of magic was much much better!. i'd say middle-earth over narnia any day!. plus, the good-vs-evil battle was much better in lord of the rings!. plus, lotr movies rocked while the narnia ones sucked!. rock on ringers!Www@QuestionHome@Com The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King!. Tolkien has done something few authors manage, or even attempt: created a world much larger than is needed for the plot and characters!. There is an immense history there, a richness which is rare!. From Tom Bombadil to the closed door in the Paths of the Dead, there are other stories in the world, and we don't follow them all!. There is history in Narnia, but it is much more spare and taut!. Direct to the plot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Jim the Fee, here Hello, You are dealing with multiple book series in both cases!. They may be taylor made for the same audience!. However, you are going to have a tough time comparing individual books from each of the series and making a decision on which is "best" If you want to go global and compare the general themes and the execution of those themes in each series you might have a better chance!. I personally prefer the Lord of the Rings group; but, then, I am 80 years old and have learned long ago that personal preference is not a reasonable or authentic reason for decisions on the value of fictional material!. It comes down to personal taste, and no one has to justify or argue for that!. So, my one vote goes for LORD of the RINGS Cheers, Jim the FeeWww@QuestionHome@Com Personally, I prefer Lord of the Rings!. It was a much more epic and memorable story!. Plus, I really like fantasty which has characters like elves, orcs and dwarves - it is like being in the Forgotten Realms!. Talking goats and lions aren't as exciting!. I don't see the similarity between Treebeard and Aslan!. Aslan is the "Jesus" character - he was put to death, but by slaying an innocent the prophecy failed and so he was risen again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I'd have to say Lord of the Rings, although I do like Narnia too!. Why!? I don't really know!. I just really like Lord of the Rings!. And FYI to everyone: there are Christian allegories in the Lord of the Rings if you know where to look, so not liking Narnia for the religious aspects isn't a valid reason because they're in LotR too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com lord of the rings!. is better!. by far!. the story is richer and less simple!. the characters are complex!. the resolution less pat and formulaic!. i enjoyed the chronicles of narnia as a kid, though!. my dad read the entire series to my brothers and sisters and me!. the narnia movies were typical disney-fied crap!.Www@QuestionHome@Com i never read lotr b/c they were to big for me i was really small when i saw the book but i read 4 out of 7 of the narnia but i couldnt read the last 3 so i got them from a friend on audio cd but everyone said lotr was a gret book i loved the films tho!.also i am drifting in and out of the hobbit by jrr and its pretty good but im gonna start it seriously soonWww@QuestionHome@Com Think the narnia films are better than the lord of the rings films but the lord of the rings books are good!. They missed people out of the lord of the rings films!. Huge chunks of the plot were missing and being a big reader this really naffed me off!.Www@QuestionHome@Com lord of the rings is way better chronicals of narnia is like a childs version of lord of the rings! the lord of the rings books are great and the films are greatWww@QuestionHome@Com LOTR by far!. It's a classic fantasy epic!. Plus, the creatures in LOTR are more down my alley than fauns and dryads (although they're cool too!.)!. I'm not saying I didn't like Narnia, because I did, I really did!. I just got into LOTR more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Tolkein and Lewis were friends!. They used to have a writers group and a lot of their characters are based on the people that they knew!. I prefer LotR, but Narnia is a pretty great series as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com well i have only read the first 2 LOTR books but narnia is quite good!. I say neither haha They both took me ages to read cos it eventually got boring then interesting again then boring then back to interesting!. lolWww@QuestionHome@Com TCON ,, The Chronicles Of Narnia ,, I'm Not Really Sure Why But I Find It Hard To get Into The Lord Of The Rings ,, TCON Lets Your Imagination Explore And Creates Good Pictures In Your Head If Your Reading The Book ,, Hope I Helped xWww@QuestionHome@Com Chronicles of Narnia books over LOTR; LOTR movies over The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com narnia books over lotr books and lotr movies over the new narnia movies!. The old narnia movies are good though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They are so totally different in their characterisation and breadth!. I would opt, just, for LOTR for its scale and breadth of backstory as well as the main story!. But, each to their own!Www@QuestionHome@Com The Chronicals of Narnia!. i couldn't even finish one of the Lord of the Rings booksWww@QuestionHome@Com read the L!.o!.t!.R lots of times it's my favourite book, never read Narnia, so Rings for me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com LoTR C!.S!. Lewis is a Christian idiot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If I were still young it would have been The Chronicles!.!.!.!.!.they were favourite reading way back when, Now, given the choice it has to be LoTR!. Perhaps those two authors were friends when at Oxford Uni!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Tolkien is Hobbit forming!. I've entered the wardrobe many times and never found Aslan!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Definitely Chronicles of Narnia!Www@QuestionHome@Com LOTR! Narnia is gay!Www@QuestionHome@Com i like narnia better, but only b ya bit!. theyre both really good!. it hard to decide though!.!.!.!.!.theyre both different!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I much prefered Lord of the Rings!. I thought C!. S!. Lewis was too preachy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I prefer Lord of the Rings!.!. it's a classic!. Why!? Because I think it is a better book!. haha!. JessWww@QuestionHome@Com lord of the rings for sure!. the story is just so much more intriuging and epic!. i just really like it!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com I prefer Narnia because it is simpiler to read than LOTRWww@QuestionHome@Com definatly chronicles of narnia book wise, to me i believe that is alot more memorable,Www@QuestionHome@Com Lord of the Rings is the best!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Lord of the Rings!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |