Comments on: Book Review: His Dark Materials http://sarah.walkercleaveland.com/book-review-his-dark-materials/2007/08/ cultivating the aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident... Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:59:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Golden Compass and Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” | pomomusings | progressive theology & design http://sarah.walkercleaveland.com/book-review-his-dark-materials/2007/08/comment-page-1/#comment-526 The Golden Compass and Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” | pomomusings | progressive theology & design Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:30:29 +0000 http://sarah.walkercleaveland.com/book-review-his-dark-materials/2007/08/#comment-526 [...] This past summer, Sarah and I listened to Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” fantasy trilogy on CDs. It was probably the best book-on-CD I’ve ever listened to partly because it had a full cast acting out all the parts, but mostly because Pullman’s imagination is just amazing. Pullman’s first book in the trilogy, The Golden Compass, came out in 1996 - so they’ve been out for awhile. However, since we are living in a post-Potter world now, His Dark Materials is taking its place in the world of popular fantasy literature. Of course that means it’s the “next big thing” for conservative Christians to rail against. Unfortunately, it’s even easier for them to put up a stink about these books, because the underlying premise is that a war is being waged against The Almighty (read a short review from Sarah here). [...] [...] This past summer, Sarah and I listened to Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” fantasy trilogy on CDs. It was probably the best book-on-CD I’ve ever listened to partly because it had a full cast acting out all the parts, but mostly because Pullman’s imagination is just amazing. Pullman’s first book in the trilogy, The Golden Compass, came out in 1996 – so they’ve been out for awhile. However, since we are living in a post-Potter world now, His Dark Materials is taking its place in the world of popular fantasy literature. Of course that means it’s the “next big thing” for conservative Christians to rail against. Unfortunately, it’s even easier for them to put up a stink about these books, because the underlying premise is that a war is being waged against The Almighty (read a short review from Sarah here). [...]

]]> By: Timothy Wright http://sarah.walkercleaveland.com/book-review-his-dark-materials/2007/08/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Timothy Wright Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:12:52 +0000 http://sarah.walkercleaveland.com/book-review-his-dark-materials/2007/08/#comment-515 Hi, Do you know much about the Phillip Pullman and his belief system? Have you read his Dark Materials? I am curious about your thoughts? Cheers Tim Hi,

Do you know much about the Phillip Pullman and his belief system? Have you read his Dark Materials? I am curious about your thoughts?

Cheers

Tim

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