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June Reading

Jun 30, 2011 05:31

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman ( Read more... )

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Comments 6

superl99 June 30 2011, 13:02:00 UTC

I've been meaning to read both of those actually. Must get on that, thanks for the reminder.

skjaere June 30 2011, 22:11:42 UTC

I cannot believe you, of all people, haven't read His Dark Materials. Seriously. You must do this RIGHT NOW.

superl99 June 30 2011, 22:27:02 UTC

Hehe, I know. I hadn't even heard of them until a few years ago, and then I just never got round to them. I think Gary has them somewhere, or at least the first one, so I'll have to dig that out!

rich_jacko June 30 2011, 17:59:42 UTC

I really like Pullman's His Dark Materials series too, especially the first book. The daemons concept is just brilliant, and really well explored. Plus the characters are really likeable. It's just a shame the trilogy is let down by that horribly contrived bitter-sweet ending to book 3.

skjaere June 30 2011, 22:12:19 UTC

Well, I'm a sap, so the ending makes me cry.

rich_jacko July 2 2011, 09:07:45 UTC

It's a nice idea, but the set-up of it feels way too forced for me. It just didn't ring true.