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The Amber Spyglass

(His Dark Materials, Book 3)

By Philip Pullman

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| Paperback | 9780440418566

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The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.

Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone,Continue

The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.

Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, come a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spymaster to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. So, too, come startling revelations: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live--and who will die--for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that--in its shocking outcome--will uncover the secret of Dust. Philip Pullman deftly brings the cliff-hangers and mysteries of His Dark Materials to an earthshattering conclusion--and confirms his fantasy trilogy as an undoubted and enduring classic.


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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)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Amber Spyglass By Philip Pullman

    remember feeling annoyed at the end of The Subtle Knife, Book Two in the multi-award winning His Dark Materials trilogy, that it would probably be several years before the concluding volume was published and I'd find out how Lyra Belacqua a.k.a. Lyra ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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  • 3 people find this helpful

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    I thought it was hilarious that the universe got saved by two 12 year old kids having sex! I enjoyed all the anti-god propoganda, but felt that for the last book it was incredibly slow to get going. I missed Lyra for the first 200 pages during which she was asleep and figured that could have gone mu ... (continue)

    I thought it was hilarious that the universe got saved by two 12 year old kids having sex! I enjoyed all the anti-god propoganda, but felt that for the last book it was incredibly slow to get going. I missed Lyra for the first 200 pages during which she was asleep and figured that could have gone much quicker. I was a little dissapointed that the rebellion went no where (as wars on heaven always tend to do in books).

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    Robot-mel said on Aug 11, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    I felt this book lacked something in comparison to the previous two. Pulman's anti-Christian sentiment comes out more strongly in this book, and I found his vision for saving the universe ultimately downbeat and uninspiring.

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    Andy Neads said on Mar 6, 2008 | Add your feedback

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    As far as fantasy series go, I found this trilogy to be more thought provoking than most while not having nearly as well-planned of a fantasy universe. Religion is a central topic to the series and the book sask some very interesting questions about Biblical myths. In asking whatever has happened ... (continue)

    As far as fantasy series go, I found this trilogy to be more thought provoking than most while not having nearly as well-planned of a fantasy universe. Religion is a central topic to the series and the book sask some very interesting questions about Biblical myths. In asking whatever has happened to angel sentiments since the initial revolt, Pullman treads on some good uncovered ground. Some of the oomph is lost in the background of how this universe ticks, many of those explanations seem rushed and contrived.

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    Bossdog said on Jan 10, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • As for the previous two chapters, I had to fight with evil morning shifts and hours on buses to read this book, as it's been gripping me since the first page. Total awesomeness, full stop.

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    Viollka said on May 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I found a few things to be confusing mid way through (ha ha), but I personally love this trilogy! Easily making my list off all time favorites, I'd recommend this to anyone I know who loves to read science fiction. I was told in before reading that the series became dark, I just never thought it wou ... (continue)

    I found a few things to be confusing mid way through (ha ha), but I personally love this trilogy! Easily making my list off all time favorites, I'd recommend this to anyone I know who loves to read science fiction. I was told in before reading that the series became dark, I just never thought it would go in that direction from the first book.

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