Because the series deserves a separate thread.

Read? Liked? Loved? Waiting for the Book of Dust? Still naively hoping for movie sequels? Picked and named your own daemon? Have your say.

Tags: Compass, Golden, HDM, Philipp, Pullman

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Years ago, we bought "Northern Lights" (Golden Compass in America) for our son. It lay unread in a corner of his room for months until I found it. Having nothing else to read at the time (I'd re-read x times the books I had!) I looked into it.

I was stunned that this book was aimed at teens, when you look at the deeper message - and once I finished it I HAD to get the last two!

Pullman has put a huge amount of thought into this trilogy, along with, dare I say it, spirituality. His semi-atheistic view of the land of the dead, and the aftermath when the dead are finally "freed" is quite thought provoking.

I bought "Lyra's Oxford", but it wasn't up the standard of HDM, it seemed more like a souvenir, a book sized badge for your bookshelves.
Thank you for posting this and for the responses, I've been looking for a new and interesting series in which to involve myself.

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