His Dark Materials
The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass




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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Borrowing from Paradise Lost
Though His Dark Materials provides its child readers with plenty of exciting episodes - chases and duels and desperate escapes - it is also demanding. The very language of the books refuses simplicity, Philip Pullman's diction including, without expl ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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The first book of the trilogy is actually very nice: nicely written and well plotted. From the second onward, Pullman begins losing the thread of the story, the narration gets harder to read and new characters are introduced and removed before becoming memorable, while old ones are just forgotten un ... (continue)
Coffee on Mars said on Sep 14, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback
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Pullman, Philip (1995, 1997, 2000). His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass). London: Scholastic. 2007.
Come mi accade abbastanza spesso, mi sono imbattuto in questo libro in modo fortuito. Sono abbonato a The Economist, e lo scorso febbraio l’editore mi ha in ... (continue)
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An epic trilogy, brilliantly written and engaging from the the first chapter. Pullman grips the imagination and paints a dazzling and irresistable fantasy world of vast frozen arctic wastes and fascinating multi-layered characters, while simultaneously exploring controversial ideas about religion an ... (continue)
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- English Books
- Hardcover 740 Pages
- ISBN-10: 073941335X
- ISBN-13: 9780739413357
- Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2000
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Library Binding and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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Rational magic
His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 500pp, Scholastic £14.99 Buy it at BOL One of the most eagerly awaited events of the children's publishing year will happen next week, when the third volume of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials ... (read full critics)