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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tilda Swinton who played Jadis in the Walden Media film adaptations said that she would be ecstatic about doing a film version of this book - just for the chance to explore Jadis's backstory.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tilda Swinton Swinton, who played Jadis in the Walden Media film adaptations adaptations, said that she would be ecstatic about doing a film version of this book - just for the chance to explore Jadis's backstory.



** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways, the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Digory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].

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** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways, the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Digory [[spoiler:Digory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].
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** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways, the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].

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** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways, the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory Digory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].



** The original draft, the Lefay Fragment, had a very different story with Diggory having the gift of understanding animals and tree with Mrs. Lefay as his FairyGodmother. Diggory lived with his nasty aunt and loses his abilities when he cuts off the branch of an oak tree to impress Polly.

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** The original draft, the Lefay Fragment, had a very different story with Diggory Digory having the gift of understanding animals and tree with Mrs. Lefay as his FairyGodmother. Diggory Digory lived with his nasty aunt and loses his abilities when he cuts off the branch of an oak tree to impress Polly.
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* DevelopmentalHell: Lewis started writing the book after ''Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''... only to scrap his initial draft completely. He would continue working on and off for five years and only completed it after he'd finished every other Narnia book.

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* DevelopmentalHell: DevelopmentHell: Lewis started writing the book after ''Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''... only to scrap his initial draft completely. He would continue working on and off for five years and only completed it after he'd finished every other Narnia book.

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* DevelopmentalHell: Lewis started writing the book after ''Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''... only to scrap his initial draft completely. He would continue working on and off for five years and only completed it after he'd finished every other Narnia book.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the film version of ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Walden Media announced that this would be the next adaptation to come (rather than ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' - which is next chronologically). However, it was later announced that the series would end with ''Dawn Treader'' and no further adaptations would be produced.

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** The original draft, the Lefay Fragment, had a very different story with Diggory having the gift of understanding animals and tree with Mrs. Lefay as his FairyGodmother. Diggory lived with his nasty aunt and loses his abilities when he cuts off the branch of an oak tree to impress Polly.
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After the film version of ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Walden Media announced that this would be the next adaptation to come (rather than ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' - which is next chronologically). However, it was later announced that the series would end with ''Dawn Treader'' and no further adaptations would be produced.
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* OutOfOrder: Chronologically, this book is the first of the series, taking place long before ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', but it was the second-to-last to be written and published. As such, some editions, going by chronological order, label it as the first book, while others, following the publication order, label it as the sixth (out of seven). Arguably, it works better the latter way, since the reader will know the importance of everything they're seeing to later events (and given the sheer number of references, it seems quite possible that Lewis intended it to be read that way).

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* OutOfOrder: Chronologically, this book is the first of the series, taking place long before ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', but it was the second-to-last to be written and published. As such, some editions, going by chronological order, label it as the first book, while others, following the publication order, label it as the sixth (out of seven). Arguably, it works better the latter way, since the reader will know the importance of everything they're seeing to later events (and given the sheer number of references, it seems quite possible that Lewis intended it to be read that way).



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the film version of ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Walden Media announced that this would be the next adaptation to come (rather than ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' - which is next chronologically).

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the film version of ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Walden Media announced that this would be the next adaptation to come (rather than ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' - which is next chronologically). However, it was later announced that the series would end with ''Dawn Treader'' and no further adaptations would be produced.
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* OutOfOrder: Chronologically, the book is the first of the series, but it was the second-to-last one written. As such, some editions, going by chronological order, label it as the first book, while others, following the publication order, label it as the sixth (out of seven). Arguably, it works better the latter way, since the reader will know the importance of everything they're seeing to later events (given the sheer number of references, Lewis seems to have intended it this way).

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* OutOfOrder: Chronologically, the this book is the first of the series, taking place long before ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', but it was the second-to-last one written.to be written and published. As such, some editions, going by chronological order, label it as the first book, while others, following the publication order, label it as the sixth (out of seven). Arguably, it works better the latter way, since the reader will know the importance of everything they're seeing to later events (given (and given the sheer number of references, it seems quite possible that Lewis seems to have intended it this to be read that way).
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* OutOfOrder: Chronologically, the book is the first of the series, but it was the second-to-last one written. As such, some editions, going by chronological order, label it as the first book, while others, following the publication order, label it as the sixth (out of seven). Arguably, it works better the latter way, since the reader will know the importance of everything they're seeing to later events (given the sheer number of references, Lewis seems to have intended it this way).
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tilda Swinton who played Jadis in the Walden Media film adaptations said that she would be ecstatic about doing a fim version of this book - just for the chance to explore Jadis's backstory.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tilda Swinton who played Jadis in the Walden Media film adaptations said that she would be ecstatic about doing a fim film version of this book - just for the chance to explore Jadis's backstory.



** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].

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** The illness of Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways ways, the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].
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** The illness of Diggory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].

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** The illness of Diggory's Digory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tilda Swinton who played Jadis in the Walden Media film adaptations said that she would be ecstatic about doing a fim version of this book - just for the chance to explore Jadis's backstory.
* ExecutiveMeddling: It was only after Lewis's death that this was put as the first book in the series. While it is the first chronologically, it contains references to the future books and makes more sense when read in the order it was published (before ''Literature/TheLastBattle'').
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** The illness of Diggory's mother was heavily influenced by CS Lewis's own, who died of cancer. In some ways the story is something of a FixFic since [[spoiler: Diggory is rewarded with a magic apple to heal her]].
** The Deplorable Word comes from Lewis's own fears about nuclear war.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the film version of ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Walden Media announced that this would be the next adaptation to come (rather than ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' - which is next chronologically).

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