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Permalink Reply by Skraeling on March 28, 2010 at 12:53am

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.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on July 25, 2010 at 9:38pm

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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