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... I'm hoping to read The Three Musketeers next year as well, though. It would also be nice to finish with Mistborn and His Dark Materials , since I've started both trilogies and not finished them. I'll definitely be checking back here to see how your reading goes!
... Series by Brandon Sanderson
***The same rule applies here - I'm going to try and read the entire series.
11. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
***Again, I'm going to read all three books.
12. East of Eden by John Steinback
Looking above, I realize this is kind of ...
... Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - ...
Hooray for Thanksgiving break!!
Book #50: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Not quite as good as I remembered from reading it as a kid, but still pretty interesting.
Book #51: The Sandman Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
I've been waiting years for this to show up at the used book ...
Hey cauterize - I gave up on The Amber Spyglass about 50 pages before the end, about 3 years ago. Have never wanted to pick it up again.
I guess I'll keep the series in case my 16-year old daughter ever wants to read them.
Long hiatus, cauterize - without trying to pry, hope things are ...
... plot is moving along.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Rating: ★★
Genre: YA Fantasy
Ok. Wow. It went into religion commentary overdrive in this book. Too many new plotlines and ...
For me, it was frustrating to keep the Dark Materials "theology" straight, as I already know Catholic doctrine, and he twisted and redefined almost every theological term to mean the exact opposite. In the end I was disappointed because he didn't tackle the center of all Christian theology, Jesus ...
#213-To muddy the waters even further i will point out that Harry Potter is 7 books, Lord of the Rings is 3 books, & His Dark Materials is 3-so i have either read 22 or 32 of them if i count up each volume in those series. I have also seen either 17 or 22 of them as movies as well as having ...
The His dark materials Series
by Philip Pullman
49. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
This time I'm just going to post all my notes at once, but they're numbered, so they should be easy to reply to.
1. Self-Deception pros and cons, where do you land in the debate?
2. Hsieh uses the opening pages of SS/PS to exemplify self-deception (25) but prior to Harry's arrival, what harm is ...
... Lockhart books was just telling a "ripping yarn." He has a bunch of short novels that are just...weird. I really liked his dark materials too, but there's a defn. agenda.
18. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
... if you all don't mind.
Top Ten (No order, though maybe subconsciously...)
The Little Prince
Catch-22
Shogun
His Dark Materials Trilogy
The Shadow of the Wind
Franny and Zooey
The Secret Garden
The Last Unicorn
Pride and Prejudice
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
... for the LSAT. Even though I'm a bit overwhelmed with work, I've spent some "me time" reading. I just finished a reread of The Amber Spyglass (for some reason Pullman is becoming a comfort read for me) and I started The Lost Symbol last night.
His Dark Materials (series)
by Philip Pullman
... d!
Favorite series:
Blackwater I by Michael McDowell
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Children of Earth by Jean Auel
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Poldark by Winston Graham
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Alvin Maker by ...
Phillip Pullman's Sally Lockhart series (which preceded the much more well known his dark materials . An excellent mystery/detective series, with an orphaned Victorian young lady as the protagonist. The ruby in the smoke is the first, i think.
96. The Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
97. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
98. The Amber Spyglass , Philip Pullman
... wizard working in Chicago? I’ll certainly keep reading.
Once Upon a Time in the North is a prequel story to the His Dark Materials trilogy which tells how Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrinson meet. It’s somewhat lightweight, but a nice “fill-in” for background. There’s also a game ...
... and Part-Time Indian (and of course The Book Thief, and I'll give it some more thought. I'd suggest Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (which is far more than a children's or YA book), but I don't recall seeing much sci-fi, fantasy or religion in your reading lists, so it maybe ...
... i THINK is the weakest the sons of heaven.
The Hungry Cities Chronicles by Phillip Reeve mortal engines (YA)
his dark materials - Pullman
Takashi Kovaks set, Richard Morgan
When gravity fails and the other two books in the Marid Audran set.
The SF/SF/Detective stories, C ...
... -fi:
The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
All of Tamora Pierce's Tortall tales
Abhorsen series by Garth Nix
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, and Beauty by Robin McKinley
Harry Potter, of course
Mercedes Lackey's many and ...
As much as I enjoy, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, I could never say it's better than His Dark Materials , which is very close to being my favorite series (I think it has far more sophisticated writing with more intriguing characters and plot lines), but The Bartimaeus Trilogy is certainly something I ...
... a good story and a good ending, it wasn't childish like a lot of YA fantasy and I thought the story was much better than His Dark Materials . I gave it top marks.
... which was published in three volumes over the course of several years. Similarly, Philip Pullman wrote a novel called His Dark Materials , which was published in three volumes over the course of several years.
... Steve Kluger, My Most Excellent Year
Jaclyn Moriarty, The Year of Secret Assignments
Thought-provoking books: His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now
Good historicals in very different ways: Mal Peet, Tamar, Karen Wallace, Wendy, Libba Bray ...
The third book in the His Dark Materials triology by Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass , definitely has an atheist message.
... would enjoy them. Others, like The Book Thief, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy seem to transcend an age group, but have been called YA because the primary characters are not adult.
I do love children's books, though. The ...
... 500 reviews on the site - I don't really see myself adding anything new.
It looks like my thickest book this month is The Amber Spyglass , so I need to set myself up for reading it soon. This could make or break me, as I have a cluster of things due at the library towards 24th...I'll admit ...
I finished The Subtle Knife yesterday and The Amber Spyglass this afternoon. I'm going to start a reread of Breaking Dawn tonight. If I can finish it in time, I might get The Eight or some other book on my tbr list this week at the library before I go back to school.
Hi all
I am back from my holidays - and have just picked up The amber spyglass by Philip Pullman, it is the final one in the trilogy :)
I am currently reading the final book in a trilogy - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. This will be followed by Lords and Ladies by Terry Prachett which is for a 'fairy' book in a fantasy reading challenge I am doing :)
... on my blog of the seven books I read while I was away - but am now reading Zipporah, Wife of Moses by Marek Halter, and The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman.
I saw Coraline the movie as well - have to say I preferred the book to the movie
... Dawn - Stephenie Meyer (05-05-2009)
5. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (17-03-2009)
6. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
...
Praise for the 44 Scotland Street series:
"McCall Smith's assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. . . . His depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless." —San Francisco Chronicle
“Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming ...
... Harry from drowning. I feel so sorry for him, with his thinking that Hermione and his mother prefer Harry to him.
2. The Amber Spyglass - When Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel argue at the beginning of the Chapter "The Intention Craft" and when Mrs. Coulter tells the other commanders why they ...
... last past all the movies because of the sheer amount of fans and people whom they appeal to. The third on my list would be His Dark Materials . I understand the controversy surrounding these books, but I feel they are wonderful stories, much more appealing to me than Narnia.
... The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers (304)
242. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley (384)
243. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman (480)
244. Travel - Yuichi Yokoyama (202)
245. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber (944)
...and that's what I call a ...
I just finished the rest of His Dark Materials by reading The Subtle Knife and The Amber Compass . I found them very confusing, but liked the characters.
... and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (this last is especially good if you've read The Rats of NIMH). The Amber Spyglass books are excellent. Homeless Bird and The Lady of Ch'iao Kuo. These are a few of my favorites.
... up every couple of years to keep in touch.
The World of the Golden Compass edited by Scott Westerfeld. I read His Dark Materials and found it entertaining but not substantial. I read it because it was reported on LibraryThing that churches were urging their members to stay away ...
What about Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy -- The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ? The heroine, Lyra, is definitely quirky and strong, there's some romance and LOTS of thought provoking issues as well as adventure and a coming of age story. If your area is ...
10/06/2009 - 15/06/2009
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I can't believe it's all over! Needless to say, I cried. :(
Total books read to date= 20/50
... Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
15 Reb ...
1. Big fish by Daniel Wallace
2. The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
3. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
4. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
5. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
6. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
7. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfe ...
... do you think is the most definitive book on Chaplin? I would really like to read one.
>110: BookMarkMe- I also loved the Dark Materials Trilogy . I spaced them out but always looked forward to starting the next one and everyone I turned the books onto, also loved them.
>114: whymaggiemay- I ...
Complete agreement, His Dark Materials is a great trilogy but The Amber Spyglass was a little bit of a let down.
The ones I've read the most are:
1. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
2. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
5. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
I love re-reading and do it quite often - recently I' ...
I consider his dark materials to be fantasy. I've never thought of them as sci-fi but now I think about it they do have a sci-fi side to them. I wouldn't put them in this list though.
I sixth A Wrinkle in Time.
I consider his dark materials to be fantasy. I've never thought of them as sci-fi but now I think about it they do have a sci-fi side to them. I wouldn't put them in this list though.
I sixth A Wrinkle in Time.
... Days of Genevieve by Lucinda Carrington
The Curse* by John Tigges
The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
*Wrong title.
Same here, Zeesosa. I'm a pretty slow reader, considering how many books I own. But I figure I'll get ...
...
In a Dark Wood by Amanda Craig
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
But there are many others on the TBR pile, because I have no self-control.
I'm currently reading The Secret of Lost Things (not ...
Title: Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Author: Dr. Seuss
Category: Young Adult
Total Books: 20/81
I received this when I graduated from high school several years ago and just found it sitting forlornly in my closet. Oh, the Places You'll Go! only took a few minutes to read but is very fun ...
19. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass is the last book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy. Will and Lyra return, journeying to the land of the dead to save the poor unfortunate souls who reside there from ghouls, who haunt them making the afterlife a ...
Title: The Amber Spyglass
Author: Phillip Pullman
Category: Fantasy
Total Books: 19/81
The Amber Spyglass is the last book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy. Will and Lyra return, journeying to the land of the dead to save the poor unfortunate souls who reside there from ...
... months later i came back and got it again. I read it and have not regretted it since. It is a quick read but powerful.
13) The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
14) Twilight. This is a re-read just for fun.
15) Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev.
... Shusterman. I am planning to read The Hunger Games I just have t get my hands on a copy.
Right now i am reading The Amber Spyglass , and am re-reading New Moon.
I just got from the library My Most Excellent Year, Heartsinger, AngelMonster, and Wondrous Strange all of which ...
... life of Bees after seeing the movie with my mother. I found it to be a very good book. I loved it.
This week i am reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. I read the first book a while back when the movie came out, though i did not see the movie and loved it. I started on the second but ...
... them both several times. I just finished all three in His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass ) and loved them. About one-third through Cryptonomicon and loving those cyphers.
... Animals! by Sandra Boynton
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - 999
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman - 999
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman – 999
Black Betty was a more traditional PI story involving Easy Rollins, and, because Mosley spaces his stories years apart, ...
... by it. It's too bad that Cassedy died young and we don't have that many books from her.
I also think Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials is better suited for at least teens and up.
Sorry, but I'm going to take the thread off track for about 30 seconds. I LOVE The Amber Spyglass . It's my favorite book in the trilogy. The ending was both unexpected and expected. Pullman took John Milton's Paradise Lost and expanding it to fit into his world. If you've ever read that, the ...
I personally liked The Amber Spyglass the most, but I agree with all of you. The ending was completely unrelated to The Golden Compass and as foggi said, as the books went on, the plot grew kinda unimportant, and we could sense more what Pullman really wanted to show when he was writing his ...
Sorry, I wasn't very clear was I!
Of the 3 books in the series, I enjoyed The Subtle Knife the most. I found The Amber Spyglass to be long-winded and unnecessary for the most part, although the conclusion was lovely.
I have various issues with the series and am not a huge fan, but I ...
You need to try and finish The Subtle Knife as that sets the scene for The Amber Spyglass . But if it's too hard-going, you could just dive straight in to the third book - no-one is going to know! (Actually, I liked Subtle Knife best of the three).
Dark Materials is anti-wrong-religion, meaning if Pullman had written an extended diatribe against Muslims or Jews or Buddhists or Hindus, these intolerant philistine scumbag bottom-feeder idiot cretins wouldn't have a problem with it. These are probably the same people who pressured Amazon into ...
... 37 Someone else loves Fai from Tsubasa Reservoir! I adore Fai ... *happy place*
lol. I had a crazy crush on Will from His Dark Materials when I was younger, but right now I have to say there's something about Biff from Lamb, even if he is kind of an asshole.
Also, all the lead males ...
... (from bib) and Elegy for Easterly (ER).
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
His Dark Materials, especially The Amber Spyglass
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
The Satanic Verses
5. Which book are you saving for "retirement ...
... book arrives first!
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Pride & Prejudice, I just can't get through it, and His Dark Materials
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
I can't actually think of any...the books I want to read, I want to ...
... Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible -- Read most of it
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell Read about half
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare--Read most of ...
... Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible -- Read most of it
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell Read about half
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare--Read most of ...
... - Harper Lee
6 The Bible - paryial
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - read some, but not others...
1 ...
I've added The Princess Bride to my list and also re-read His Dark Materials by Pullman.
Finished Subtle Knife last night (technically, this morning), and tonight, I'll begin The Amber Spyglass .
... Love: (touchstones should be to first in series)
Earth's Children by Jean Auel
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
Pine Cove by Christopher Moore
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Chronic ...
... trash by calling them "palate cleansers." After reading Beckett's "Trilogy," Golden Compass was a nice change of pace. His Dark Materials is not trash, but I definitely do not read YA books ... or put them on the same level as Great Literature. I shudder when I discover people reading Harr ...
During my airport adventure, I began to reread The Judging Eye and was listening to The Amber Spyglass . Now that I'm home, I want to do some comfort reading (i.e. rereading His Dark Materials, rereading some J.R.R. Tolkein books, and maybe rereading Harry Potter). I'm also relistening ...
Dear CurrerBell Message #10
I was about to discuss The Amber Spyglass with you and I had a shock. I feel swindled and cheated. I learned that the books I read were tampered with and I can find nothing worse then censorship here. Yes, the North American printings were censored. I want Mr. Pullma ...
Assuming you consider His Dark Materials YA, then that would be it, and among the three books of the trilogy I'd choose The Amber Spyglass for the scene of Lyra and Pan on the dock (and I'm not saying more to avoid SPOILER). When I myself was YA, my favorite YA book (again, assuming you ...
I just spent the last week with Lyra and Will in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials . I know a lot of religious people have issues with the book, but to me that's neither here nor there. I have my own particular beliefs, and didn't find the book offensive in the least. Quite the opposite, ...
... around that age... and more substantial that the Judy Blume books... maybe. You might also try Philip Pullman... not the His Dark Materials trilogy if fantasy's not what she's into (although they're *great*), but he also has a lesser-known detectivey series called the Sally Lockhart trilogy ...
... Potter: Quidditch World Cup.
I would like to see the final two books in His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass made into video games; The Golden Compass was released as a video game in Dec. 07 as a movie tie-in. I would also like to see some of Michael Crichton's ...
I wish the second book in the His Dark Materials sequence had been called The Silver Protractor .
Sigh.
... _
I'm not making a judgment, just curious - if you don't like HDM, why leave it in your TBR pile at all? Especially since The Amber Spyglass is a lot of people's least favorite of the trilogy.
My TBR pile (or rather, shelf) has only grown since I posted here last November. If The Steampunk ...
The oldest one I can think of is The Amber Spyglass , which I've had since I was about twelve. This is an improvement from last year, though--it used to be The Subtle Knife! Needless to say, I'm not a huge fan of His Dark Materials.
... two in the series; Pullman's development as a writer is obvious and he has in this book become the author we know from His Dark Materials .
I feel compelled to repeat my WARNING to anyone interested in reading this series : Each succesive book in the series contains massive ...
...
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
19 The Time Traveller ...
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials is fantastic. I really enjoyed the books. I just read them last year. They are complex. I am posting a link so that you can see my reviews. I hope this works.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=crazy4reading&deepsearch=philip
Yes it is a Tri ...
> 194 First, congrats on the first two exams! Good luck on the next. Re: His Dark Materials , I thought it was a trilogy? I've read the first two books and I am debating whether or not to bother with the third because I was quite irritated by the second one. It's not my personal favourite series.
I haven't read any of His Dark Materials books yet (haven't watched the movie either), but I've heard they're pretty good. Couldn't hurt to buy them, imo, if you're into fantasy.
... different people:
Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
and
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
... Flyers and Flying and War of the Worlds coming by the end of the week!
*Edit: Also, has anyone read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series? There's a box set with all 5 books on Bookmooch but the covers are really really painfully ugly, so I'm thinking of just buying them. I ...
I'd be careful with His Dark Materials . I was generally an advanced reader, but I read the first one when I was 11 and didn't really understand it. Of course, 13 is very different from 11, but a reluctant reader might prefer something a bit more accessible.
A lot of 13-year-old boys read all ...
... ing).
It is true that there are good YA books out there but how many are really satisfying for an adult? Even a work like His Dark Materials eventually disappoints because there is a lack of intellectual rigour in the story, as it collapses under it's own weight. As far as I'm concerned, there ...
Reading Heart of the Matter after His Dark Materials is an interesting contrast, since Greene was a devout, albeit adulterous, Catholic, and Pullman is gleefully anti-clerical (the Magisterium clearly a Fantasy Stand-in for Catholicism). Who knows, intercission -- separating a child from his ...
I agree, you can pick up more on the reread. I want to read Paradise Lost again, since I'm about done with The Amber Spyglass . I also want to read "Milton" by William Blake, since that also influenced Pullman.
I just shake my head in resignation when I hear about people rereading Wheel ...
...
Uglies and the two subsequent books by Scott Westerfeld
Taylor Five and Siberia by Ann Halam (aka Gwyneth Jones)
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
T.W.O.C. by Graham Joyce
Black Juice, White Time, Red Spikes, by Margo Lanagan
Bear Daughter by Judith Berman
Un ...
Once I'm done with His Dark Materials , I'll start on Flight of the Eisenstein in the Horus Heresy series. Palate cleanser before I tackle Henry James and Roberto Bolano.
No one can match Mrs. Coulter in His Dark Materials !
... quite the opposite. I rarely re-read anything. I re-read the Annotated Lolita and that's about it. Since I'm reading His Dark Materials , I do want to reread Paradise Lost, since I read it in high school and don't remember anything. The same thing for the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid ...
... thing for Handful of Dust by Waugh and finished it off in 2 days.
Depending on how you keep score, I'm 2/3 done with His Dark Materials , a trilogy. And it's going relatively fast. As opposed to Beckett's Trilogy, which took a while, even though there was less of a page-count.
I ...
A Wizard of Earthsea, The Quest for the Last Kimeiji and His Dark Materials
The Pisan Cantos by Ezra Pound and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
... though. In my mind, these are going to be later-in-the year books. I wasn't planning on skipping from Golden Compass to Amber Spyglass . I think I might be a bit confused!
And, I haven't read it - I only saw the movie! Although from what I saw and from what I've heard it's not like I ...
... first time last year... people who haven't read it do exist, they just don't usually admit it ;)
I still haven't read The Amber Spyglass , though.
I have not read The Amber Spyglass
But I have read Descendants of Darkness
I have never read The Dark Lord of Derkholm but I have read from his dark materials trilogy: The Amber Spyglass
10th Anniversary Edition of The Amber Spyglass . (Replacing one I loaned out to someone a while back and never got back. I don't want to ask for it, though, because I gave it to her with a couple other books I told her she could pass on when she was done with them, and I may not have been clear ...
... people have already done so, and you mentioned that you might get it in Spanish. I also know that certain book series, His Dark Materials , Chronicles of Narnia , and Lord of the Rings for example, have an all-in-one book (i.e. all the books in the series combined into 1 larger book). How ...
I've got *way* too many books going at once:
Paperweight
The Origin of Species
The Confessions of St. Augustine
His Dark Materials
The Golden Ass
Little Women
The Story of Mankind
His Excellency: George Washington
At this rate, I'll never finished any of these!
... maybe The End of the Affair can also include some Eldar, Chaos Space Marines, and Tyranids.
I started on The Amber Spyglass . Good stuff. After I finish Pullman's trilogy, I'll read The Heart of the Matter, also by Greene. Following that, either Warhammer 40K (perhaps a Ga ...
Began The Amber Spyglass by Pullman.
The Gormenghast Trilogy certainly seems to fit the bill. Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy (very different0 is another.
... to rise to the very top of baseball performance ... was no longer good enough."
Perry could only "rise to the top of his profession" if he enhanced his performance illegally. Which he did.
... of:
Paperweight by Stephen Fry
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Confessions of St. Augustine
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Practical Photography
His Dark Materials by Pullman.
Finished The Amber Spyglass and then Fahrenheit 451 (for my book club). Now winding up The Broken Sword before I begin a group of Antoine de Saint-Exupery books including The Little Prince.
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Having started the year with The Crying of Lot 49 and His Dark Materials , I'll take a dip into commercial schlock, revisiting Warhammer 40K and Tom Clancy, specifically Gaunt's Ghosts and Clancy's early stuff. Before he ...
I enjoyed His Dark Materials , but it did appear to be very much a retread of The Fellowship of the Ring, with that flight in disguise from the forces of evil.
More importantly, I've let you down, boys, I've given up on Earthly Powers after nearly 200 pages. Just can't make it. Leave me ...
... a point to this criticism, but i still enjoyed them a good deal and (unlike many, it seems) found the LAST few chapters of the amber spyglass exceptionally moving. Enough..my family accuses me of spilling spoilers so i'll stop here.
Do post your thoughts as you go. Pullman's earlier ...
... ones) and see how many people are requesting it.
I found two books, but was not impressed by the rest.
Hopefully His Dark Materials will get to a warmer environment. It's -11 here and I'm reading a book set in a quasi-Norwegian environment. I need a book with a hot-house atmosphere ...
... Meyer finished 5/2
7. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer finished 2/22
8. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon finished 8/10
Notes:
In The Amber Spyglass when God is shown as a decrepit, scared, old man and he/it dies.
"Pulling a Pullman"?
...
the slippery slopedone
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YOUNG ADULT
The Golden Compassdone
The Amber Spyglass done
The Subtle Knife
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Messenger
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HEALTH/WELLNESS
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... year. A lot of lists overlap and on some of the others I'd like to see what you think as they're some of my favorites (like The Amber Spyglass , I love that whole trilogy :). I'll be interesting to keep up with your thread!
... (169). When the time comes for Christ to depart from the woman, he is no longer alone, for he has “sowed the seed of his life and his resurrection” (173).
In 1929 these ideas titillated and were appealing to many.
... Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
Food and Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread
Parables and Passion
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
The Poisonwood Bible
Sacred Stacks
Emma
Strong Women, Soft Hearts
The Food of ...
Once I'm done with Beckett's Trilogy -- go, fighting Molloys! -- I'll need something light and frothy. His Dark Materials , aka the Golden Compass, by Pullman sound fun and exciting. Any book marketed to children that starts off with Milton's description of Satan from Paradise Lost can' ...
... of course. Mostly when he's an adult, though he has his moments as a kid, too.
And finally both Will and John Parry from His Dark Materials .
... books belonging to the genre in 2008 (I plan on reading more this year, though). All were excellent, my favourite are :
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Finishing Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass , then the first full read will be Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 for my neighborhood book club.
Last Years Leftovers
1 The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
... Thief (which I loved) seems to me to be clearly oriented to late grade-school / early teenager, but Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is so complex and has so many layers of meaning that I wouldn't expect even a sophistocated teenager to fully appreciate it. I've seen other ...
47. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (SF, fantasy, religion, adventure) Library
... Pullman
-The Vatican's Mistress the True story of Olimpia Maidalchini: the Secret Female Pope by Eleanor Herman
-The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
-The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling Another amazing book!
-A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
-Scarpetta ...
... by Eoin Colfer
#57 X The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
#58 X The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
#59 X The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
#60 X Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
#61 X Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn (Read YA ...
I read The Amber Spyglass (and loved it!!!)
But I have never read Sense and Sensibility, great movie though!
I've read Don Quixote
But I've never read The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
... dult/Children's
--The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (4/2009)
--Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman (1/2009)
--What I Saw and How I Lied ...
... Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
South Wind Changing by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh
The Amber Spyglass
I just started the Amber Spyglass . I previously read this December Dragonflight and Re-Gifters (graphic novel).
... just didn't have any focus. It had two major characters (Molly and Oliver), but the way Pullman handled that situation in His Dark Materials was to give Lyra an entire book to herself, then introduce Will. In The Court of the Air, Hunt tries to do it all in one volume, flipping back and ...
... and then I read
#59: Clockwork by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman writes dark stuff, generally, and I really loved the His Dark Materials trilogy, but this little book (and it is little) was downright creepy. It's a quick read, maybe an hour, but unless you like nightmares, don't read it at ...
... Lindsay and had to stop after 70 pages or so - NOT for me. I won't rush back to the genre, although I did quite enjoy His Dark Materials which qualifies I suppose.
TPBM disagrees with the idea that the right age to read science fiction is 12
... King
4. My Side of the Mountain
5. The Mysterous Island
6. The Golden Compass
7. The Subtle Knife
8. The Amber Spyglass
9. The Count of Monte Cristo
...
4. My Side of the Mountain
5. The Mysterous Island
6. The Golden Compass √
7. The Subtle Knife √
8. The Amber Spyglass √
9. The Count of Monte Cristo
This is torture !
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman*
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
A l'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs by Marcel Proust
*does that count for one book ? Please ? I can't choose between the ...
Re # 37: chase.d - Could you please share your opinion of the production quality of both The Wealth of Nations and His Dark Materials ? I have been considering both of these titles since they were announced, but haven't been able to decide based on the information provided by The Society. I ...
... reading Coraline is another good one, although it might be a little too creepy for your youngest.
The audiobooks for His Dark Materials are really excellently done - they're full-cast instead of a single narrator, which usually annoys me but in this case I thought was wonderful. Tim Curry ...
... Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) by Philip Pullman
* The Dead Man's Brother by Roger Zelazny
October Books
* The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) by Philip Pullman
* Spring-Heeled Jack by Philip Pullman
* Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe
* The ...
... terrific villain - maybe marisa coulter is equally attractively bad....though marisa redeems herself (boo) in the finale of the amber spyglass .
... J. Mann
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
This year was ...
... that there was virtually no character development, although the mythology was interesting) and earlier this year I read His Dark Materials and thought it was genius from beginning to end (how people can possibly choose one book over the others is beyond me, it's such an amazing work as a ...
This is a tough one. I really love His Dark Materials and is probably the first fantasy I ever read several years ago when the Golden Compass first came out. After that I got into Terry Goodkind and The Sword of Truth Series. I seen someone had the Abhorsen Trilogy and I really liked ...
... this one as a triumph. I doubt that we'll see as many copies of The Wealth of Nations being offered on eBay as those of His Dark Materials as well. Could you please let us know what you think of it when you receive it? It's a shame that more executives in the banking industry (and others) ...
... up on the genre. My favourite fantasy authors are J.K. Rowling and Philip Pullman . As much as I adore His Dark Materials , I think all of his stuff is just as excellent, especially the Sally Lockhart series (which contains elements of fantasy but isn't a fantasy book). It's ...
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman.
... Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
3. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
4. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pulman
5. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
7. The Magician's Nephew ...
... the West, Vol. 4- by Anthony C. Yu
15. Running Blind- by Lee Child
16. Echo Burning- by Lee Child
17. The Amber Spyglass - by Philip S. Pullman
18. China Boy- by Gus Lee
19. The Dragon and the George- by Gordon Dickson
20. STAR WARS Coruscant Nights: Jedi ...
... Adult/Children's Fiction:
--The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
--The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
--The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
--Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
--Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
--What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
--The Gr ...
I'm reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman and next I'll be reading The quest for the last Kimeiji by Francisco Muñiz
Well I finally need to add some books to the list. I finally finished the Amber Spyglass Not many as I don't get to read that much. Here goes:
11. The Hobbit (which I read at the same time I read the LOTR books.
12. Playing Dead by Allison Brennan
That is all for now...
... Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Madapple by Christina Meldrum
Nightjohn and Sarny by Gary Paulsen
... & 3
4. Twilight
5. Eclipse
6. New Moon
7. Breaking Dawn
8. The Golden Compass
9. The Subtle Knife
10. The Amber Spyglass
That is all for now. I had to update because I forgot I had read the Lord of the Ring books...
... the entire round over the course of the next half hour. When later questioned, he would only say that "he felt it was his duty," but really I think those figs must have been quite delicious. So now I'm thinking that I should probably find more figs and start again! Perhaps in the form of ...
... anthro/soc. study of teenage life at a very interesting point in Russian history, 1995.
Reread Pullman's His Dark Materials sequence after rewatching the dvd of 'The Golden Compass' which i liked better the 2nd time round..though the dialogue was often flat, much else (acting, ...
... Job: student
Pets: Wilma (tabby cat)
Favorite Book (so far):Changes a lot, but right now it would probably be The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Favorite Movie (so far): Same as above, it changes a lot, but right now it's definitely The Golden Compass
Favorite TV shows: T ...
... with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League of Extraordinary Gent ...
... with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League of Extraordinary Gent ...
... with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League of Extraordinary Gent ...
... Rising by Susan Cooper (I really reread all the others in the sequence as well, except for Over Sea, Under Stone.)
2) The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (Again, the whole series, but mostly The Amber Spyglass.)
3) Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (The whole series. I've probably read each ...
I've just finished The Amber Spyglass , and for a complete change of pace, am about to start on The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard. I also have a couple of new New Zealand poetry books on the go: Moonshot by Harvey Molloy and My Iron Spine by Helen Rickerby - both very good.
>#99-101: how's that degree in cheese classification going?
Today i learned (or guessed) that the "daemons" in His Dark Materials are taken from the daimôns or inferior deities of ancient Greek religion. No doubt i could have found that out a while back when i read the book, but it was more ...
Charlie Bone series, The Little Prince, His Dark Materials series, some classics
well i can't edit my prior message, but i would assert that Pullman's His Dark Materials is defn. SF. Alternative history, lots of scientific reinvention..Just because there are gods and witches doesn't mean it's "only" fantasy..
I dunno what was happening w/ post 8..but each time i tried to ...
80. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
81. The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Of course the first book I read this month was Breaking Dawn but Im also getting round to reading The Amber Spyglass and Artemis Fowl: The time paradox.
... a lot of other books that have nothing to do with Virago as well (two Noel Streatfeild, one Thomas Hardy, one E.M. Forster, His Dark Materials , one Elizabeth Goudge and three Penelope Fitzgerald, this should bring us to October !)
A trilogy that I particularly enjoyed recently is theHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, which includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass.
And can we mention Harry Potter... here?
... were my only two must reads that no one has mentioned yet.
The others being Feed, Something Wicked This Way Comes His Dark Materials and Time for the Stars
... (younger end)
S. Gould Jumper - nothing to do w/ the movie except the name....
Garth Nix Shade's Children
Pullman His Dark Materials
Sleator Singularity, Interstellar Pig (younger end)
Card ender's game
This is sticking more or less w/ SF and bypassing a lot of great YA ...
... in Time); the Kelly Link IS the most problematic - but it's the island where i'm going to be stranded, after all. His Dark Materials (among many other attributes) is an excellent alternative history/technology set. There are certainly elements of the fantastic but I'd place it quite ...
... in there too - Kelly Link, Deep Wizardry (I'm guessing from the title), Sandman...
Um, not sure if you'd class His Dark Materials as sf or fantasy. It's normally seen as the latter, but is it that?
... Ghosts (Ghost trilogy); Jr., L. E. Modesitt
20.Thirteen; Richard Morgan
21.There and Back Again; Pat Murphy
22. His Dark Materials ; Phillip Pullman
23. Night Sky Mine; Melissa Scott
24. Snow Crash; Neal Stephenson
25.Going, Going, Gone; Jack Womack
........................ ...
Sounds like The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman to me....
> 10 Speculating from the content of His Dark Materials , I would think that Pullman does find Christianity morally loathsome, at least as an institution. In the book the church (at least in the main protagonist's world) is corrupt and power-mad, as is the Metatron (the angelic being that claims ...
... ten
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (I think it very unfair that we don't get daemons in this world. If I had one it would surely be an otter.)
... du Nord par Philip Pullman
A la croisée des mondes, Tome 2 : La Tour des Anges par Philip Pullman
A la croisée des mondes, Tome 3 : Le Miroir d'Ambre par Philip Pullman
L'enfant de Noé par Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
L'affaire Jeanne d'Arc par Marcel ...
It will be interesting to see what they do--and if it makes the movie too bland.
48. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I have to say that The Golden Compass remains my favorite of this series, but I liked reading through until the end. I liked the ending, although it seemed a bit ...
... books, aren't they? I agree that the girl who played Lyra was perfectly cast, and actually really good at the part. The Amber Spyglass may be my favorite of the trilogy. Pullman is so imaginative - I love the concept of a visible soul, and the way the children's daemons change, but the ...
... to finish the book or be bothered to read the others.
I did not like the Lemony Snicket books or Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series either. Generally I enjoy YA books and I think there are some fabulous ones being written these days.
... neat idea! I have two books that would fit this on my list of things to read soon, but I have to read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books, because I borrowed them from a friend, so I can't join in whole-heartedly. I will definitely participate if you do it again!
I definitely think The Amber Spyglass is worth the read. However, people seem to either love The Golden Compass and not much care for it's sequels, or feel rather indifferent towards The Golden Compass and end up loving The Amber Spyglass . I fall firmly in later category.
... it was amazing. I'll be buying the second one soon.
The next book I'm going to read once I finish the ones Im reading is The Amber Spyglass and after that I'll start reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Cya
whoopsie - double-post.
... safe choices on their own.
Series are very popular amongst YA - Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials , The Spiderwick Chronicles, Gossip Girl, etc. You'd also put Black Beauty, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Treasure Island and A ...
... of Chaos by John C. Wright
16. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
17. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
18. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
19. Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
20. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
21. The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Storie ...
... Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials , Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Mone ...
That's The Amber Spyglass
... claims 1,635)
Top ones:
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles - i should read this sometime!
The Amber Spyglass
Dragonfly in Amber
Amber and Blood - hmmm, disturbing...
... book and you realize just what the world is missing and start crying.
But then, I also started bawling at the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy-why is it that YA books make me cry more than deaths in adult books!
... it's good when she finally gets cancelled, but there's something about her in this scene that is just so majestic.
In The Amber Spyglass , when Lyra saves the world (vague to avoid a spoiler). That is maybe the most exquisite single scene I've ever read.
I'm planning on reading The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass , Twilight, and Fahrenheit 451 (for school). Plus, as many others from my TBR pile as possible.
I am reading the Amber Spyglass
The first one that pops right into my mind is The Amber Spyglass and here there's a MAJOR SPOILER!!!
SPOILER
SPOILER
SPOILER
When Lyra has to abandon Pan to enter the Underworld.
I'll have to give some thought on others.
... least favorite book of his - I thought Paul's sacrifice on the tree in The Summer Tree was incredibly powerful.
- In The Amber Spyglass , where Lyra has to leave Pan on the dock, just about broke my heart.
There are tons of scenes from The Wheel of Time that stand out in my head, ...
... history and lots of interesting speculation and all of it written by professional historians.
I think Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials would be considered an alternate universe since the physical laws are different. I enjoyed those books a great deal.
... got sick. I'm finally back in the land of the living. I felt well enough on Wednesday that I managed to finish reading His Dark Materials , but yesterday I got a headache (probably from dehydration) that left me unable to do much of anything. Today I'm back at work, still nauseous, but ...
I finished The Amber Spyglass . I know there are people who have said they would be interested in what I thought about these books. My plan is to write a review (hopefully tonight). When I do, I'll let you all know, so anyone who's interested can read it and post to my profile if they have a ...
... You
Joseph Campbell: Hero with a Thousand Faces -> One of my absolute favorites! I am confrazzled.
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials Trilogy -> Another of my favorites.
The Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6) is on my unsuggester list as well. Does it realize I won't buy ...
... Golden Compass and started on The Subtle Knife. I anticipate finishing that today and at least getting a good chunk of The Amber Spyglass read.
... with the Germans after the Battle of Britain (Churchill either never came to power or was eased out).
I'm not sure if His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman would be considered alternate history - more alternate universes, but the original world of The Golden Compass is one that is oddly ...
11. Sense and Sensibility (ebook)
12. The Golden Compass
13. The Subtle Knife
14. The Amber Spyglass
15. Dracula (ebook)
My favourite fantasy author is definitely Phillip Pullman, and His Dark Materials , of which my favourite is Northern Lights. He is also my favourite fantasy author. My favourite author generally speaking is Jill Marshall. But I don't think she writes fantasy!
... on Thursday. Yay! We were so lucky it had opened. I bought three books for a total of $32.27. I bought The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass , and Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul. I convinced my mom to buy Pot Bellies and other Miniature Pigs because we are going to get a pig soon. We ...
... and pat, and I would have liked to know more about the not so important people that ended up with The Walking Man.
14. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman *****
This series was just as amazing the second time around. I'd forgotten a lot of details though I remembered the story as a whole. ...
... eventually they'll make sense if you keep reading (at least if it's a good authore you will!) I'm not sure if I'll bring His Dark Materials to work or not, it's pretty thick and not mine (I eat while I read at work -- spillage) so I might have to come up with something else. The Boleyn Inher ...
... them as books for my 50 book challenge? Yes definitely.
Speaking of 50 book challenge, I borrowed Holly's copy of His Dark Materials yesterday, it's all three books in one volume, should I count this as three books, or one?
48. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
I finished The subtle knife yesterday and I'm working on The amber spyglass .
... more times than DH.
Oh yeah, I'm almost done with The Constant Princess. I'm going to try to remember to grab His Dark Materials when I'm at Holly's tonight. I think I need to step away from the Tudor romances for a bit.
... A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. I do believe this will be the longest book I've ever read at ~ 1400 pages!
I finished The Amber Spyglass -- I was underwhelmed by the trilogy as a whole.
I just got back from a short holiday. While away I finished off The Amber Spyglass , Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North, (all by Philip Pullman), Storm Front by Jim Butcher, and Water : Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson (Pool of ...
... and reading The Constant Princess. Hollybeee and I are supposed to trade, I loan her the series and she loans me His Dark Materials but we both have really bad memories, so I don't know when we'll actually do this. I also need to reread Prince Caspian but she has my copy of that ...
... great. This was my first book by him and I think I expected more.
I am now dutifully finishing Pullman's trilogy with The Amber Spyglass , but I am slogging a bit. IMO, these novels lack the magic and sense of reality of Harry Potter and certainly cannot touch The Lord of the Rings.
I also got Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
*again, stupid touchtones
... & Hornblower together to something absolutely believable.
I was equally enthusiastic about Philip Pullman and his Dark Materials trilogy, untill I saw the monstruous movie they made of it ...
For the moment I'm in wraps about Cornelia Funke's Inkheart trilogy, but I already fear ...
... Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Earthsea Cycle
The Odyssey
The Princess Bride
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
His Dark Materials
Dracula
Peter Pan
Dragonriders of Pern trilogy
The Arabian Nights
The Illiad
Watership Down
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Complete ...
... like them.) My sister pushed me to keep reading the series, saying she knew I'd love it, and she was right. I reread both His Dark Materials and the Harry Potter books over again maybe three times each that year. :)
Hmm, this should help my words per message. ;)
... meant when using Christian terminology). Perelandra was the only book of the three that rejected this idea.
28. The Amber Spyglass That Philip Pullman is a good writer can be seen in the fact that at one point I found myself rooting for one of the characters that, had the action ...
I'm curious: have any of you lost books to our local thug base? For my part, I have. A friend of mine to whom I had lent The amber spyglass got mugged and, as fate would have it, my volume was in her purse. I doubt seriously that my wee paperback back was their target, but nevertheless I had ...
... so a clergyman would never say that it is a truth of Faith. It's just fun to read and think about.
I have yet to read His Dark Materials but I intend to borrow my sister's copy when she is done with it, because as I said in another thread, I refuse to let others tell me what to think about ...
Finished The Amber Spyglass , Lord John and Brotherhood of the Blade, and One Good Turn. All on my list. Making slow progress. Also finished the following graphic novels/comic book compilations which were not on original list:
1. Y: The Last Man, Vol I: Unmanned
2. Y: The Last Man, Vol ...
... dominated. Hence the 4 Potter books that had been published at the time occupy numbers 4, 21, 22 and 23 in the poll.
His Dark Materials was considered as a single book, rather than a trilogy because it is a continuous story. This is consistent with Lord of the Rings. It gratified me ...
... dominated. Hence the 4 Potter books that had been published at the time occupy numbers 4, 21, 22 and 23 in the poll.
His Dark Materials was considered as a single book, rather than a trilogy because it is a continuous story. This is consistent with Lord of the Rings. It gratified me ...
10. The Amber Spyglass (A borostyán látcső) by Philip Pullman
... up late. Its crazy I know, considering I have been out of school for a few years.
Anyways, I promised you my opinion of His Dark Materials by Pullman. Though a Christian myself, I was not inflamed by his books. This may have more to do with my personality than the material itself. I guess ...
I've just received a copy of Philip Pullman's new His Dark Materials book, Once Upon A Time in the North.
... tell us what age group she is teaching? That might help.
Also, just for the record, there is no talk of 'killing god' in His Dark Materials . That quote came from Philip Pullman well after the book became a best seller.
From 38 responses so far, the most popular books are:
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (27 votes)
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
(22 votes each)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (21 votes)
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
... r
* Inkheart in hardcover, and Inkspell in paperback
* Golden Compass in paperback, Subtle Knife in hardcover, and Amber Spyglass in mass market paperback (eww!)
...
The Giver is a must read and around twelve was when I first really understood it.
At twelve my favorite books were His Dark Materials by Philip Pulman. They have interesting themes, and the writing is geared towards young teens.
For scifi Ender's Game and Nancy Farmer are ...
3. Emma
4. The God of Small Things
5. The Golden Compass
6. the subtle knife
7. the amber spyglass
... my list:
1) Pride and Prejudice - 4 lists
2) The odyssey - 4 lists
3) To kill a mockingbird - 3 lists
4) His dark materials - 3 lists
5) Alice in wonderland
6) The poisonwood bible - 3 lists
7) The diary of Anne Frank 3 lists
8) The Iliad 3 lists
9) War and Peace ...
... The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. The Subtle Knife & The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
5. Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
... order. To take an example, Philip Pullman is about to release a "prequel" (how I hate that word!) to the His Dark Materials series, Once Upon a Time in the North. If one lists the series chronologically, this book should be first. If by publication date, it should be ...
... a change to my list: I had initially tried to avoid repeat authors, but I've found that I just can't deal with having His Dark Materials above The Odyssey. So, I'm replacing the former with the latter. Sorry for the inconvenience!
... The Epic of Gilgamesh
5. Hamlet
6. The Chronicles of Narnia
7. Lord of the Rings
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. His Dark Materials
10. Le Petit Prince
11. The Odyssey
12. The Theban Plays
13. Romeo and Juliet
14. Anna Karenina
15, War and Peace
16. A Wrinkle in T ...
...
3. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
4. Watership down
5. Alice in wonderland
6. Pippi Longstocking
7. His dark materials
8. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
9. The BFG
10. The neverending story
adult
11. To kill a mockingbird
12. Nothing new ...
...
3. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
4. Watership down
5. Alice in wonderland
6. Pippi Longstocking
7. His dark materials
8. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
9. The BFG
10. The neverending story
adult
11. To kill a mockingbird
12. Nothing new ...
... rath
The Secret History
1984
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
And Then There Were None
To Kill A Mockingbird
His Dark Materials
Good Omens
From Russia With Love
Small Gods
Murder in Mesopotamia
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A Clockwork Orange
American Psyc ...
... the the new list just added, we have:
War and Peace - 4 lists
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - 4 lists
His dark materials - 3 lists
Lord of the rings - 3 lists
Pride and Prejudice - 3 lists
The secret history - 2 lists
Nineteen eighty four - 2 lsits
And then ...
Always Coming Home by UKL
And It Was Good by L'Engle
Amazing Grace by Kozol
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Alvin Journeyman by Card (had to hold my nose a bit while including that one)
Walk two moons, To kill a mockingbird and All quiet on the western front. This is just from the last month.
His dark materials makes me cry every time i read it. The time traveler's wife and I wept my way through Dumbledore's funeral. (I'm asumming you all know by now)
I'm sure I'll revise this later, but for now:
1984
The Bible
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Iliad
Hamlet
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Odyssey
Lord of the Rings
Le Petit Prince
Pride and Prejudice
His Dark Materials , Philip Pullman
It, Stephen King
Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
And then there were none, Agatha Christie
Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
Atonement, Ian McEwan
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
Animal F ...
... Then There Were None
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
From Russia With Love
Good Omens
To Kill A Mockingbird
His Dark Materials
... but many possible layers of meaning (as for the symbols on the alethiometer) - it's part of the pleasure. Of course in the His Dark Materials Trilogy there is a "correct" interpretation - but then again sometimes Lyra's incorrect readings are as alive and as relevant to the plot as her correct ...
Paradise Lost -> His Dark Materials
Hamlet -> Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
... what I've read this year:
1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
4. Between Darkness and Light by Lisanne Norman
5. Acorna's Triumph by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough ...
... faire to LT Local, so other LTers get to know about it.
#248 - Lyra's oxford the sequel, or the last of the trilogy - the amber spyglass ?
Me, I've not bought any since my large amazon order.... which I've only just started reading, so I won't be buying nay for quite a whiel longer. It's ...
... The Subtle Knife by Pullman and LOVED it. In fact, I think it is even better than The Golden Compass. I am working on The Amber Spyglass so I can finish off the trilogy, although now I see that there is another book, Lyra's Oxford which also features Lyra Silvertongue, although its not ...
20. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (518)
Still my favorite of the HDM trilogy, several discussions about the books recently inspired me to reread it.
21. *The Black Sheep by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout (352)
Hey, a non-f/sf book! The Black Sheep is about a ...
... Secret Fan by Lisa See (19th Century)
3. England
All About Love by Stephanie Laurens (19th Century)
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Oxford, 19th Century)
The Book of Names by Jill Gregory (London, 20th Century)
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (18 ...
... Herbert's Dune trilogy (though the first book on its own outclasses everything else he wrote, I think); Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy; and pretty much anything by C.J. Cherryh--the Foreigner series, the Chanur series, etc.
What I love about threads like this is that it makes ...
The Amber Spyglass - finished the trilogy. Pretty entertaining, but not everything made sense. So be it.
New rankings:
Ada
Olive Kitteridge: A life in stories
The Secret Life of Bees
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him
The Shadow Year
The Amber Spyg ...
... Pullman : Lyra's Oxford
I got this book as a birthday present while rereading His Dark Materials . It's a fairly short book, but I'd been curious about it for years. I was very happy to receive it.
Lyra has grown two years older in the time ...
Well, I'm at 11, but the only YA was The Amber Spyglass .
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, on the recommendation of Arctic-Stranger and The Amber Spyglass . Enjoying both.
... wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
His Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Service Included by Phoebe Damrosch
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
...
... every year.
Anyway here goes:
1. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. The Girl with the pearl earring by Tracy Chevalier
6. The other Boleyn girl by P ...
... sland
Pet Cemetary
The Girl Who loved Tom Gordon
The Princess Bride
Jitterbug Perfume
The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass from His Dark Materials
So many books have stuck with me long after I have read them!
... the entire Dark Materials' trilogy is. It also borrows heavily from William Blake. Most of the parallel action happens in Amber Spyglass .
I am trying to get through The Amber Spyglass right now, but I'm really losing speed on it. I loved The Subtle Knife, but this one just seems a kind of let down after that.
Next up: Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch. My friends have been gushing about the whole series, so I'm hoping it'll ...
... I was cranky about!
I'm cranky because the last couple of nights I've really wanted to relax by curling up and finishing The Amber Spyglass , but my head has been spinning so much from all of the reading I've been doing during the day in prep for my exam that I can barely focus my eyes well ...
... Curtis - a hilarious look at the media
Best Graphic Novel:
Hellboy: Volume 1 by Mike Mignola
Worst Fiction:
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - I kind of liked the first two, but this one was just confusing.
Worst Nonfiction:
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by ...
Just finished The Amber Spyglass - a fitting end to the trilogy. Now I have started The Remains of the Day - after 35 pages, I am a little bit bored. Hoping it clicks into place soon!
18. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
A satisfying end to the trilogy, although I was a little frustrated at the slow start. It all came together in the end.
... no other little girls in his life” (p214)
Reader: No one else?
Vera: “some of our friends came to understand his earlier interest in their prepubescent daughter, whom Vladimir had taken to interviewing extensively…” (p205)
The stage turns a final time, and as the clouds ...
... The Subtle Knife, and loved it as much as The Golden Compass. I'm on my way right now into the other room to start The Amber Spyglass . Definitely didn't go wrong with this series :)
...
a. Postsingular by Rucker
b. Northern Lights by Pullman
c. The Subtle Knife by Pullman
d. The Amber Spyglass by Pullman
... those books that doesn't really excite you, but I found it an interesting look at "the migrant experience".
I am reading The Amber Spyglass and listening to Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and Peter Carey's Theft.
... seems very similar to ours with a little boy and girl and tiny people called Gallivespians. I observe all of this through The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
... find a box on my desk. In the box was:
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh
Anonymous Lawyer - Jeremy Blachman
So, of course, I just want to go home now. Maybe I'll just close my door ...
... by Per Patterson was really really good.
others:
2. Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
3. The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - take your pick, they go together.
Finished Blaze last night and now have to decide between On Chesil Beach or The Amber Spyglass . Both very different I know, but I am not sure what I am in the mood for right now. Oh . . . and I am also enjoying in the car Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (which is starting to grow on me) ...
I was very bad yesterday. I ordered:
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Anonymous Lawyer - Jeremy Blachman
An American Childhood - Annie Dillard
A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh*
The Echo - Minette Walters
No Other Tribute (it's research for my writing ;-)
...
... Kafka
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The Golden Compass, The Amber Spyglass , and The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Interesting that all the book touchstones are working, but none of the authors...
edited to fix a bad ...
Finished Amber Spyglass and then started Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann - it's on on Gauss and Alexander von Humbolt. No citations, no sources, it's just their story written down and I guess we just take Kehlmann as his word. It's kind of mindless to read, pleasantly so.
... Brotherhood of the Blade
11. Lord John and the Hand of Devils
12. The Golden Compass
13. The Subtle Knife
14. The Amber Spyglass
15. Straight Man
16. Empire Falls
17. Bridge of Sighs
18. Fleshmarket Alley
19. Crime School
20. The Floating Girl
21. In Sunlight, ...
... Albert Camus. I'm currently reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. The list is lacking in YA, though I do plan to re-read The Amber Spyglass soon (I re-read the other two a couple months ago).
I've finished all The Dark Materials books and am now enjoying The Woman in Black, good ghost story.
To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust
Butcher Bird by Richard Kadrey
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Paradise Lost by John Milton
>98 Morphidae - Mulefas are creatures in Philip Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass . Like otheres here I found that those bits of the book with the muelfas were the hardest to get through. I just found them so pointless much of the time.
Here's a Wikipedia description of them:
The mulefa ...
Just finished The Amber Spyglass - a good end to the trilogy, although I found this book to be a bit dogmatic in places.
>81 dchaikin - Interestingly, I seem to be in the same place as you - I can't decide what to read next. His Dark Materials kept me occupied for a bit, but now? I also agree ...
6. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman: Review .
Very good - a fitting ending to the trilogy.
read Subtle Knife and now I'm in the middle of The Amber Spyglass .
I'm in some kind of reading funk, and cannot figure out what the heck I want to read. Everything seems to be the wrong book. Fortunately, His Dark Materials doesn't take a lot of effort to get into, except for the mulefa ...
... Mockingbird
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy
The Cheshire Cat
Tigger and Eeyore
Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison from the His Dark Materials series
Tock from The Phantom Tollbooth
Treebeard from The Lord of the Rings
Klaus from A Series of Unfortunate Events
Holden Caulfield from Th ...
... my opinion a better option than adoption.
(this from the increasingly frightening USA)
#23 Love the typo.
I adored His Dark Materials when I was eleven and twelve. They were my favorite books in the world. I think it was the fact that "God" and his powers weren't always good and, in the ...
... where things were relatively clean. I can even buy Sex and the City from the site, it's so clean!
PPS - I can buy His Dark Materials too - really, as a parent, I have to BLOCK the book for my kids to shop. They'll make money off the naughty bits, it's up to you to set up the lists ...
... obviously a transition book as the second of three in the series - lots of stuff being set up for book three. I'm on to The Amber Spyglass .
Against my better judgment I stopped at Borders last night. . . .
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
My Life in France by Julia Child
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Arrived today from Chapters online:
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse.
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens.
5 Minute Face by Carmindy.
... Newford series)
Mosca Mye (Frances Hardinge's Fly by Night)
Lyra Belacure and Pantalaimon (Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials )
... read or that I have on my TBR list. I enjoy fantasy,also,and have just finished The Golden CompassThe Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass I didn't want them to end. I love the fact that both young adults and adults can enjoy them. Looking at your list from last year, I have readThe Stand ...
... So right now I am reading How I Got Published and still reading Be The Pack Leaderby Cesar Millan I just finished His Dark Materials the trilogy by Philip Pullman I loved it, and did not want it to end. Anyhoo, I would like to take on the challenge of reading 50 books because my ...
... throughout the entire series. For example, and here's where I step off the gangplank into outright heresy, I'd count His Dark Materials as one book, but I would count The Lord of the Rings as three, possibly four, books -- with only one, The Fellowship of the Ring getting onto my list ...
I'm currently reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman and as soon as that's finished I will move on to Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip.
... Rider, Brendan Fraser does do a great job reading it doesn't he? just fun to listen to all around.
I'm listening to His Dark Materials again, on the second one right now The Subtle Knife. They're unabridged and read by the author with different narrators for each character so keeps it ...
... by Leslie Horvitz
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Silver on the Tree by Su ...
Well you should definetly read Harry Potter and the philospher then because everyone knows that leads to witchcraft. And His Dark Materials is another that's bound to lead to depravity.
/sarcasm
You could try searching for relevant tags from the tags page or the search page. These should ...
... off of that.
My first two are hold over from my substance free holiday
1. The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
2.The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
While much better written then Harry Potter I was expecting a little more condemnation of religion given the fury from the catholic ...
... to her death last March Mom considered that to be the greatest failure in her 90 years of life. But that is why when I read His Dark Materials I just saw something that reminded me of my teen aged experience of being evangelized & prayed for & just knowing that was not for me that I was not ...
... the last of my presents the other day, and now my list of new books includes:
The Last Unicorn
The Dark Mirror
The Amber Spyglass
Fragile Things
Good Omens
and Chainfire: Phantom by Goodkind
I've just finished the His Dark Materials trilogy...I loved it!!
I beg you people reading the Eclipse and others...STICK WITH THEM!!!
The problem with His Dark Materials is that it weakens in the middle quite a bit and somewhat towards the end. It's not 100% well-written.
I cannot believe that not everybody is listing His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman which is the best book in every category you want to put it in, best children's, best fantasy, best fiction, most thoughtprovoking, most thrilling, most heartbreaking. It is the ultimate book.
... reading this book and The Golden Compass. The Subtle Knife was good, but not great, so it was a bit of a let-down.
3. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman 394 ****
This book picked up quite a bit. My only problem with it (and some people might see this as a spoiler so )*SPOILER* ...
57. Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith
58. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I have been reading hard since Christmas to try to break the 60 mark before 2008 but I don't think I'm going to do it. So for 2008, I am going to set a 70 book target, just to see if I ...
... p
Holly Black: *
Tithe
Valiant
Philip Pullman: *
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Fiction:
Elizabeth Flock: Me and Emma
Jasper Fforde: Thursday Next in First Among Sequels
Jodi Piccoult: My Sister's Keeper
N ...
chacun à son goût, nohrt4me. I'm just reading and thoroughly enjoying His Dark Materials . Pullman knows his Milton and plays with Paradise Lost quite enchantingly in this story.
ETA Fannyprice, you might like some of the Sherri Tepper books such as The Gate to Women's Country, Beauty ...
I'm listening to His Dark Materials series again. Since seeing The Golden Compass I want to refresh my memory about everything they left out of the movie! - a LOT!! The versions I'm listening to are unabridged, but sort of dramatised as there are different voices for each character, not a bad ...
... well.) and
Pullman's His Dark Materials - The Golden Compass (The Northern Lights, original title,), The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh is a cute little read that I've loved for ages, but, as to the genre -- I find it sometimes under fantasy ...
50. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
51. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
52. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
... by Naomi Novik
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story by Orson Scott Card
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (boxset)
Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate by Keith Jones
... desperate, depressed, and finally dead.
Re-reading His Dark Materials (or, rather, reading The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass after re-reading The Golden Compass because although I knew my three sons loved those books, I recently learned they consider them "life changing." (The ...
I finally finished The Amber Spyglass . I am now reading The Notebook and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Someone lent it to me, and I really hate that cause I wasn't all too interested in reading it. Maybe I'm just being a book snob. Did anyone love it?
bunagsbooks in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 December 2007 (Dec 22, 2007, 1:24pm)
I finally finished The Amber Spyglass . I am not reading The Notebook and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Someone lent it to me, and I really hate that cause I wasn't all too interested in reading it. Maybe I'm just being a book snob. Did anyone love it?
reading_fox in Book talk : Is Fiction today "trivial and worthless" ? (Dec 17, 2007, 4:46am)
I've just finished The amber spyglass and I agree that it is overly preachy. The same points could quite easily have been made by a bit more polished prose. I quite enjoy stories where a more subtle line indicates a point the author is trying to make, even Pratchett's moralising which is ...
... favorites of the year:
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
3. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Honorable Mentions:
4. The Spartan by Caroline Dale Snedeker -- This was Ms Snedeker's first book, and it does have some ...
I am still reading The Amber Spyglass and hope to have it done soon. Then I'm not sure...either Speak or The Notebook
... Also, when you start out with a message to get across, there's a danger that your writing will come across as preachy. The Amber Spyglass felt that way to me, even though the first two books in Pullman's trilogy didn't.
I agree with Holly Lisle (author touchstone not working) (I'd link ...
72. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
73. Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
... that they'd destroyed it, but everything seemed intact. I can't wait to see what they do with the Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass . This movie is definitely going on my shelf in special edition when it comes out.
I am still reading The Amber Spyglass . For some reason I can't get as into it as I did the first two.
... Game and the accompanying series, Harry Potter, Eragon, etc. I find there are also a lot of tomboyish girls, like Lyra in His Dark Materials or Tally in Uglies, that I think boys can relate to as well. There are also male supporting characters in those series.
Outside of sci-fi fantasy, ...
I stopped by a fabulous children's bookstore and did some Christmas shopping:
- two sets of the His Dark Materials trilogy The Golden Compass, the Amber Spyglass and the Subtle Knife. One set is for my daughter, and one for my niece.
- The White Giraffe, by Lauren St John
- T ...
I'm now on the third book of the His Dark Materials trilogy. I also started Niall Ferguson's Colossus.
Well let's see. I'm still reading The Amber Spyglass for fun. I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to my son. With my ninth graders I'm reading Night. And finally with my eleventh graders I'm reading Othello.
I finished reading the last of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, The Amber Spyglass earlier today. I tried to write a review on paper since I didn't have a computer handy, but was just too upset about the news of people protesting the film of The Golden Compass and keeping kids ...
The last thing I bought was the 10th Anniversary Edition of His Dark Materials Trilogy. You decide.
TPBM has been fighting a headcold this week.
... statements about C. S. Lewis and Christians in general. So I guess I feel that Focus on the Family need not fear His Dark Materials . It’s not an immoral series. If God really were a wicked old coot, then we would be right to oppose him, etc. But there are certainly other ...
... company too.
It wasn't until I read several threads of LT that mentioned Pullman as being quite the vocal atheist and The Dark Materials trilogy as reflecting that. Then of course I went back and glanced through them again and saw it. Just dense, that's all I am! ;-)
I agree maggie. ...
I got the next two in the trilogy and am about halfway through the last one The Amber Spyglass . Quite enjoyable for light bedtime reading but I won't be telling people it's a "must read". To be honest I was interested in what was said about the religious aspects but I feel the press has made more ...
hi guys!
I'm reading (he he he letta #57) Betrayed by Kristen & P.C. Cast, book two.
also the Amber Spyglass
and i have nooo idea what in the world i will read next... bummer.
After finishing The Golden Compass on Wednesday, I am now almost done with The Subtle Knife and have The Amber Spyglass ready and waiting...
I am very much enjoying Philip Pullman as you can see.
... Knife a couple hours ago but was out of the house and couldn't start the next book! Thankfully I'm home now and can start The Amber Spyglass . :)
Edited for touchstone problems.
I started Compass last week, and finished the Amber Spyglass over the weekend (and have to say, immediate gratification-wise, it was a treat to have the whole series available to read at once rather than having to wait until the next volume was published), but digressions aside, I just didn't ...
I've read all three and The Golden Compass was my favorite because of Lyra. I have to admit The Amber Spyglass just put me off. It just seemed too didactic and bent on getting an agenda across rather than tell the story.
... favorite character. He was loyal, kind, wise and strong. A good leader.
To be true, I enjoyed The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass more. I felt the rest of the series had more action and movement than The Golden Compass did.
My younger cousin (12) and I (31) read them at the ...
Aw, I liked The Amber Spyglass best of the three. Possibly in part because there was less Lyra...sure, she's spunky and all, but she's such an annoying little brat. On the other hand, I adore Mary Malone.
Dealing with Dragons is one of my favorite rereads - the whole series, actually. Cimoren ...
I really enjoyed The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. By the end of The Amber Spyglass I was over it.
I'll be interested to read what you all think. I'm sure there will be some very interesting discussion.
Have finally finished The Amber Spyglass (it seemed to go on forever). I have now started The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde, so far, as expected, it is brilliant.
... Pegasus in
Flight and Pegasus in Space
All of Sherryl Jordan's books
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
his Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. not so much the first one though.
... Pegasus in Flight and Pegasus in Space
All of Sherryl Jordan's books
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
his Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. not so much the first one though.
76. The Amber Spyglass
#127 Joycepa - I am at present reading The Amber Spyglass and find it marginally better than the previous two, I think they are overrated. I have never read any Harry Potter and do not intend to do so, I cannot abide anything to do with it.
... trilogy is how well Pullman integrates physics, religion, and philosophy into the story. I've just begun the third book, The Amber Spyglass , and so far I have absolutely loved the clever little parallels between creation, the fall, god, original sin, and his fictional story. His books may be ...
Just about to finish The Gathering by Anne Enright. Will shortly be starting The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
... and "The Golden Compass." Someone pointed out once that the other two books mention an artifact (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ), so it makes sense that The Golden Compass does too. But I'm partial to "Northern Lights" also because I used to live in North Dakota, where the North ...
... are both in my TBR pile from the library, so hopefully will be getting into those soon!
I'm also stuck in the middle of The amber spyglass by Philip Pullman...and have been for about 3 months. Flew through the first 2 books but have stalled. Gah!
... Pullman writes pretty well, alhtough there are a couple of slow sections in the second The Subtle Knife and third The Amber Spyglass volumes, but I don't remember thinking that in the first The Golden Compass.
... going to film this. They'll probably make Florentino more likeable.)
4. The Golden Compass
5. The Subtle Knife
6. The Amber Spyglass
all by Philip Pullman
I have read reviews where readers liked the series less as it progressed. With me it was the total opposite, I liked it ...
I bought the following today:
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver
The Shark Net by Robert Drewe
... others had read The Blue Girl! I like that book a lot! But of course, Tamora Pierce's books trump all, except maybe His Dark Materials .
Cool people are definetly here...
... these books so old?
I think Lord of the Rings should be there, even though I didn't like it.
And where's Otherland? His Dark Materials ? I know they are "officially" 3 or 4 books, but who cares? They're one story.
I definitely agree about Inkheart and His Dark Materials ! You can't go wrong with Narnia, either, and I loved East, by Edith Pattou. I think I will have to give Tamora Pierce a try, since she's so highly recommended here.
... Endymion. I can't decide whether to start The Rise of Endymion and just finish up the series, or if I want to read The Amber Spyglass first and finally finish that series (which is not a reread). Or I could finish The Hobbit which I have been gradually rereading. Too many choices.
52. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I just finished the golden compass and the subtle knife and am looking forward to picking up the amber spyglass very, very soon as well as Eclipse and Love, Stargirl . Until then I am reading Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest.
I just finished The Amber Spyglass and Extras - both were great! I LOVE Scott Westerfeld's books.
I just started reading the first book in the Edge Chronicles Beyond the Deepwoods.
I just finished The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman and that was so good. Now, I'm on to Extras by Scott Westerfeld which I've been waiting to read since the release date was announced!
#40 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Fantastic trilogy!
... touchstone)
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (um....)
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling ($&*#@)
Bought today at a library book sale:
Communion by Whitley Strieber
The Dark by James Herbert
The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Regina's Song by David Eddings
The Wayfarer Redemption by Sa ...
#39
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Now I have a good idea why the trilogy is called His Dark Materials. I am more hooked on the plot and characters after reading this book - and I am really looking forward to the last book to see how it all plays out!
#39
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Now I have a good idea why the trilogy is called His Dark Materials. I am more hooked on the plot and characters after reading this book - and I am really looking forward to the last book to see how it all plays out!
#39
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Now I have a good idea why the trilogy is called His Dark Materials. I am more hooked on the plot and characters after reading this book - and I am really looking forward to the last book to see how it all plays out!
#39
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Now I have a good idea why the trilogy is called His Dark Materials. I am more hooked on the plot and characters after reading this book - and I am really looking forward to the last book to see how it all plays out!
... Pullman years ago and am now thinking of going back to it but I got confused reading reviews on it. Most places list The Subtle Knife , The Amber Spyglass and The Golden Compass as the trilogy. What about Northern Lights? I originally throught that was the first one. Is it really a ...
... regular books, maybe because I read fast enough that I blow through the emotional parts?
Anyways, in the past few years, The Amber Spyglass got me crying while I was packing, The Time Traveler's Wife had me crying while driving (alone on a dirt road, so I wasn't a danger to others, at least) ...
... Rajaa Alsanea
17. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
18. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
19. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
20. Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
21. Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon
22. Ra ...
#34 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
#35 Something From the Nightside by Simon R Green
#36 In The Name of God by Paula Jolin
#37 The First Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson
Currently reading His Dark Materials trilogy (on book 3, The Amber Spyglass ) before going back and finishing The History of the Hobbit, Part 2 (Return to Bag-End).
I just started World War Z last night and am really enjoying it so far! I'm also still in the middle of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman but needed a bit of a break from the series (hence World War Z).
... hugely popular trilogy:
The golden compass 6024 copies, 103 reviews
The subtle knife 4739 copies, 51 reviews
The amber spyglass 4498 copies, 60 reviews
is laid in an alternate Oxford.
... reading The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman and Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. I plan on starting The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman and The Reading Group* by Elizabeth Noble next.
*can't get touchstone to work at this time.
...
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Ruby Electric by Theresa Nelson
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Scarlett by Alexandria Ripley
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
... years. I will be re-reading in time for the movie, though. The second book is "The Subtle Knife" and the third is The Amber Spyglass .
... usually a second character person; Lyra was not, as happens so often to child characters, completely obnoxious.
26. The Subtle Knife --Philip Pullman-
Same as above. I enjoyed the book, never growing bored as I sometimes do during fantasy books.
27. The Amber Spyglass--Phili ...
... for some time now (I collect children's books) and so I went home with
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
CR: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (just started)
JF: not surprisingly, Pullman's The Subtle Knife
LF2: Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci and HP7 in the next month or so.
Shereads: how are you enjoying Elsewhere?
I'm in the last few dozen pages of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. I'm also in the midst of A Theory of Fun, by Raph Koster. I usually have a non-fiction book I'm just carrying around while I actually read a novel.
When I finish The Amber Spyglass, I intend to start reading Th ...
... Janet, in Tam Lin.
I HEARTILY recommend Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy.
There's Kyra in Phillip Pullman, Amber Spyglass et al (although not my favorite).
Patricia C. Wrede has Kim Mairelon the Magician and Magician's Ward. They are YA, but I ADORE them!
Barbara ...
... female cast-but no Ursula LeGuin who is certainly on my list along w/the following:
JRR Tolkien
Pratchett, Terry
Pullman, Philip
Adams,Douglas
Brian Jacques
edited to correct punctuation.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Golden Compass
Blade Runner
The Subtle knife
The Amber Spyglass
And just for kicks...
Do-It-Yourself Magic
... of the World
Silver Myths
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
The Silver Metal Lover
To Ride a Silver Broomstick
The Amber Spyglass
The Black Dahlia
and all the colorful fairy books of Andrew Lang
in no order:
Anne of green gables
Verdigris deep
Stargirl
Charlotte's web
The amber spyglass
Blart
non fiction
Apples for jam a cookery book!
3 lilithcat - Haha yeah, I'll leave out my jewelry books, too. Though that way I can only come up with four:
The Amber Spyglass
Crystal Line
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Ruby in the Smoke
It has to be Northern lights by Philip Pullman
and the tiger in the well.
... ng
The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories
Redwall
The Blue Sword
Rose daughter
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Amber Spyglass
The Golden Compass
Silver Wire Jewelry
... or Tom Tit Tot) and The Glass Slipper by Eleanor Farjeon. I also like Angel Carter but not for children! Philip Pullman 's recent version of Alladin is also very good, and beautifully illustrated.
... over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
2. The Great Hunt - Book Two of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
3. Amber Spyglass, The - Dark Material Book 3 by Philip Pullman
4. Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC by Joseph M.D. McCormick
5. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt ...
... resolved. Good quick read, but I sometimes wished the crazy girl would just shut up about her dad.
May:
34. The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman. It was not as anti-religion as I thought it would be based on the reviews…but it certainly wasn’t friendly toward Christianit ...
... His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass (also published as Northern Lights ), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass .
... down with me):
Margaret Atwood
The bronte sisters
jane austen
george rr martin
irving stone
john irving
phillip pullman
Favorite co-dependents (both recent and from my dark, lonely past; but is one ever alone with a book? Yes, yes, I know: rationalizing again.):
lonesome ...
The Amber Spyglass , especially, is a reworking of Paradise Lost - Lyra & Will are Adam & Eve, Asriel is Satan, etc. The difference is that this time Satan is the good guy. (I realise that he sympathetic in PL).
It is interesting that people say it isn't anti-religious and yet everything to ...
... Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
So many good ones already mentioned and so many more than can be list here. I have found many great books just by browsing in book stores.
... I start a sort of new topic here? What are the best depictions of Heaven and Hell in fiction?
The description of Hell in The Amber Spyglass was one of the best bits of the book, I thought. And for an extremely grim vision of Hell, check out Only Begotten Daughter.
I actually like The Amber Spyglass best of the three :)
I really enjoyed that series, but The Amber Spyglass not so much. But now that I've read (some of) Paradise Lost and heard of the relationship between the two, I'll try reading the series again. If I can find time, that is, with the stacks of other books I have to read.
... by Margart Atwood
"Kaleidoscope century", "Orbital resonance", and
"Candle" by John Barnes
“Through Darkest Amber (Isaac Asimov Presents)” by Neal Barrett Jr.
"Shiva descending" by Gregory Benford
“The Long Tomorrow” by Leigh Brackett
...
... to say His Dark Materials, which is the name of the trilogy, that includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass . In these books, the religious motivation is basically negative, but the story is well told.
... Knife by Philip Pullman yesterday. Going to start the third book in the author's His Dark Materials series, which is The Amber Spyglass
... Gomez (soprano)
Martin Jones (piano)
Henze: In Memoriam LKA 1950-52
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Bernstein : The Masque (Symphony No 2)
Philippe Entremont (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Britten: Hymn for St Cecilia Part III
M ...
Today the amber spyglass by Philip Pullman
GOLD:
The Golden Compass
BLACK:
Black like me
BLUE:
Black and Blue
CLEAR:
The Glass Castle
AMBER:
The Amber Spyglass
... L'Engle's books - and they're still decent or even good books, but not as difficult or as long as Sunshine or The Amber Spyglass .
Pink: Rose Daughter
Red: Redwall, The Ruby in the Smoke, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Mars Plus
Orange: The Amber Spyglass
Yellow: Sunshine, Lioness Rampant, The Morning Star
Green: Accommodating Brocolli in the Cemetary
Blue: The Blue Sword, Many Waters
Violet: Plum Lov ...
I like Philip Pullman and His Dark Materials, except for the Amber Spyglass .
Eddings, Susan Cooper.
Terry Goodkind, though sometimes the characters seem a bit static.
I tend to enjoy fantasy which doesn't take itself too seriously (something that makes me dislike Tolkein, Lloyd ...
... library. (A good excuse to get out to the second hand bookstores.)
I loved The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass , but hadn't heard of the Sally Lockhart books. I'll have to look into those...
... people here (and the sundry places I'm posting this) have read (ever, not just this year).
So far, 39 people have read The Amber Spyglass , 29 have read Little Women and/or Good Wives (my book was a combined copy of both), and 21 have read The Left Hand of Darkness, and nobody has read ...
... may differ depending on where you are. The 3 books are The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass .
And since we're on Children's titles (although His Dark Materials may not qualify as just Children's because it works on so many levels), I think we ...
... curious incident of the dog in the nighttime and His Dark Materials particularly. I actually wept freely at the end of The amber spyglass : nothing meant for adults has had that affect on me since my early twenties (the awful Jude the obscure, which broke my heart).
I don't like JK Rowl ...
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67. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Rating: ★★
Genre: YA Fantasy
Ok. Wow. It went into religion commentary overdrive in this book. Too many new plotlines and ...
