Philip Pullman
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In the awesome fantasy sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass, Lyra Belacqua and her companion Will embark upon a quest to find the meaning behind a dangerous substance called "Dust." Their treacherous journey through a world of baroque richness-where the wing beats of angels can be heard on the wind and psychic vampires stalk the streets-is "just as quick-moving and unputdownable as its predecessor," says The Washington Post Book World. 326 pages.
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1
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The first in Philip Pullman's highly-acclaimed fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. Young and determined, Lyra has the fate of the world in her hands when she embarks on a dangerous search for a special magic dust in this mind-blowing fantasy adventure. (Ages 9-12)
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Pullman's characteristic gift for invention takes flight, giving us wheeled creatures possessed of extraordinary vision, Lilliputian warriors called "Gallivespians," and many other dazzling creations, all engrossed in a battle royal whose outcome will reveal the nature of Dust (and pose some unusual questions about the Judeo-Christian deity). Informed by theology and scholarship, electrified by an unbridled imagination, this is a triumphant denouement to an epic. 544 pages. exclusive
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PHILIP PULLMAN
Date of Birth: October 19, 1946
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Current Residence: England
Education: Oxford University, B.A., 1968
Profession: Teacher with Oxfordshire Education Authority, Oxford England, 1972-88; Part-time lecturer, Westminster College, Oxford, 1988-present.
I am first and foremost a storyteller. Whatever form I write in, whether it's the novel or the screenplay or the stage play, or even if I tell stories (as I sometimes do), I am always the servant of the story that has chosen me to tell it. . . I believe there's a pure line that goes through every story, and the closer the telling approaches that pure line, the better it will be.
-Philip Pullman, Contemporary Authors
The witches have talked about this child for centuries past. . . Because they live so close to the place where the veil between the worlds is thin, they hear immortal whispers from time to time, in the voices of those beings who pass between the worlds. And they have spoken of a child such as this, who has a great destiny that can only be fulfilled elsewhere—not in this world, but far beyond. . .
-Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
Throughout The Golden Compass Pullman offers moral complexity as well as heart-stopping adventures. What do you do when people you love turn out to be evil? Do admirable goals ever justify despicable means? What is the proper place of religion and science in civil life? How does one deal with betrayal? The novel ends, or rather this first part concludes, with a sublime vision: a little girl dreaming 'that she was being carried by bears to a city in the stars.' Reportedly the second installment in Pullman's trilogy will be set on our own earth. If it's as good as The Golden Compass, we'll be two thirds of the way to the completion of a modern fantasy classic.
-Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World
