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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. $6.99 for a book that took me 30 minutes to read...seriously. (  ) WNW3 | Dec 26, 2009 |  Yes, this novella is short (its a novella!) but it is good. There are parts that made my heart ache. According to Pullman its going to tie-in with his novel taking place in Lyra's world called "The Book of Dust". (  )1  Leli1013 | Oct 24, 2009 | The majority of this slim volume is taken up by the short story "Lyra and the Birds", which tells what a fifteen-year-old Lyra and Pantalaimon get up to while the former studies at Oxford. It's a nice little story, featuring the Lyra we know and love a little older and a little wiser, though thankfully not too much of either. I like the bonus features, too, despite the fact that I'm not quite certain what they all have to do with anything. 1 Stevil2001 | Oct 23, 2009 | A short story from the "His Dark Materials" world. I had a great time with the trilogy, so it was a pleasure to return...and to see what Lyra was up to after all the big events. (  )1 rodrichards | Sep 2, 2009 | A short story from the "His Dark Materials" world. I had a great time with the trilogy, so it was a pleasure to return...and to see what Lyra was up to after all the big events. ( )1 rodrichards | Sep 2, 2009 | 
 In this tiny, tantalizing sequel to the trilogy ''His Dark Materials,'' Philip Pullman is flying without a net -- or, rather, without the help of such flamboyant creations as a knife that can cut through worlds and a machine that can reveal truth from lies.
Amazon.com (ISBN 0375828192, Hardcover)Attention all serious book collectors and fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. This undoubtedly beautiful package--cloth-bound in a classy red and adorned by numerous illustrations by master engraver and illustrator John Lawrence--is a must-purchase. A pint-sized pocket volume, Lyra's Oxford packages together a short story set in the same universe as his famous trilogy, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of Oxford, a short brochure for a cruise to The Levant aboard the S.S. Zenobia, and a postcard from the inventor of the amber spyglass, Mary Malone. Pullman, in his introduction, suggests that the peripheral items within "might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories that haven’t appeared yet. It's difficult to tell."A very sumptuous and lovingly crafted but tantalizingly brief book , Lyra's Oxford begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. The daemon heads straight for Lyra (the creature was given Lyra’s name as somebody who might help) and is given shelter. Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of Sebastian Makepeace—an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho--but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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