It’s Week 4 of The Amber Spyglass (with BTTS)! This week Mark will be reading and reviewing Chapters 16-20 of the third instalment of our favourite trilogy.

Over at our weekly forum thread we’ll be talking about the human/daemon relationship. Come and join us! Also, be sure to check out this week’s lovely banner (above), and click it to see the ( Read more... )

It’s May! And with a new month comes a new contest. This month’s prize is a copy of Northern Lights (known as The Golden Compass in the USA) with the latest UK cover design, released just last month. Whether you’re already a fan or new to the trilogy, we’re sure you’d love a signed copy of Northern Lights on your bookshelf.


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In celebration of BridgeToTheStars.Net’s relaunch, our forum’s bookclub are re-reading His Dark Materials. Books are normally read bi-monthly in the Republic of Heaven Bookclub, but this time we’re devoting March, April and May to the re-read of Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass respectively ( Read more... )

All three installments of His Dark Materials have been featured in Nielsen Bookscan’s top selling books list, which covers 90% of all retail book purchases within the United Kingdom. From 1998 to 2010, Northern Lights is ranked 42nd, the Subtle Knife 66th and the Amber Spyglass 96th. Since 1998, 2392767 copies have been sold, earning £13.7 ( Read more... )