Chronicles of Narnia, unauthorized book 8
| First Written | 2019 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | UK |
| Publisher | unpublished |
| My Copy | secret copy |
| First Read | February 24, 2026 |
The Stone Table
Notes
Saving my actual notes and review til after my book club discusses this.
Noted on February 24, 2026
I'm clearly a Spufford fan. And the Narnia books are deep, deep in my bones. So when I read on a blog that Spufford had written an unauthorized eighth Narnia novel, I REALLY wanted to read it. The blogger shared the first few chapters, with the assertion that it really felt like the real thing - that he captured the spirit and letter of these books. Not wanting to spoil myself, I bookmarked them to read it later after he'd posted the whole thing.
But then, by the time I got back to it, the Publishing Powers That Be had intervened, and forced the blogger (and presumably also Spufford) to take it down. Poof! It's gone! I suppose he could just publish it on AO3 or something as fan fiction, but it felt like it just disappeared, and I missed my chance. So: knowing that this book existed, and that I was probably only a few degrees-of-kevin-bacon away from someone who had a copy, has kind of haunted me for years.
But I have a copy now.
Oh also. IS it on AO3? I never thought to look.
But then, by the time I got back to it, the Publishing Powers That Be had intervened, and forced the blogger (and presumably also Spufford) to take it down. Poof! It's gone! I suppose he could just publish it on AO3 or something as fan fiction, but it felt like it just disappeared, and I missed my chance. So: knowing that this book existed, and that I was probably only a few degrees-of-kevin-bacon away from someone who had a copy, has kind of haunted me for years.
But I have a copy now.
Oh also. IS it on AO3? I never thought to look.
Noted on February 24, 2026