Have you ever read the "His Dark Materials" Trilogy?

[Ronin36]

So at first, i didnt know where to put this thread. I mean, there is no books category of forums, and its not randomness, so i just put it here even though it doesn't really belong. Oh well, anyways...

When I finished this series of books (by Philip Pullman), I did so at about 2 am. Bad mistake. After reading the end, I couldn't sleep because it was so sad. If you haven't read the trilogy, I still suggest you do as it is excellently done and otherwise tell me how you felt about the end.

O and feel free to discuss anything else about the series.

[layla]

it was quite a good series. the first book was well done, i really liked it, the second was ok, all that stuff about will and his past. then the third i thought was just slightly out of character, especially with Lyra and Will falling in love with each other. otherwise, i enjoyed it, read the first book back when i was in grade 7 though, my memories a bit faded on the details.

[Helikaon]

what genre is it? depending, i might look at it.

[layla]

what genre is it? depending, i might look at it.

i forgot @_@ i think its suppose to be fantasy/adventure type, i'm not sure, someone can correct me on this.

[Random Havoc]

Yeah, I'm supposed to try this book this summer. It's one of my friend's favorites.

[maximoose666]

Yeah, it was great. The genre is sort of adventure/theology(lol)/alternative world and in my opinion the first book ("Northern Lights") is the best.

Pullman does ramble a bit in "The Amber Spyglass", but he also makes very clever reference to Milton's epic "Paradise Lost", and to the Bible itself.

I would recommend it as a "Garden of Eden" story for the modern day.

It really is very good, and Pullman's prose style well-polished.

[Endess Wings]

Sorry i only read a little of it!

[Undying]

I read it, too. I must admit, it changed quite a few things in my life, most importantly my whole outlook on authority. As moose said, the first book, Northen Lights, is by far the best. The Ember Spyglass had a little drop, and though it did get better at the Subtle Knife, the ending was not of the kind I like.

What's more, I alos began drawing my writing style from those series. I have to say that this trilogy probably had the greatest impact on my decision to begin writing fanfiction. (I even said to myself ones "I wish I could write like zat fella!")

At any rate, I recomend this book to anyoen interested in theology and sci-fi.

[grava-t]

i read the series a while ago and thought it was brilliant, i recomend it to anyone and everyone

[Icchy <3]

Yeah, iv'e read the the first two and I'm getting ready to start reading the 3rd one :D

[konberry]

This trilogy was quite amazing... The first and second books were full of action and it was amazing imagining yourself in the arctic where it was ruled by polar bears and a hidden city. And the whole world depended on Lyra, who was the only one who could use that instrument... the third book was a little odd... especially the end, where the Lyra and the boy formed a love relationship. I would highly recommend it though ^^

[pylar]

I absolutely love this series. I can even remember picking them up. I actually started with the second one in eighth grade, because I finished my test before my friend, so I started reading her book. I was a bit confused at first, but then I went and read them in order.
I really wish I had a daemon. Painfully badly.
I almost went into quantum physics to study paralell universes.
I have read and wornout two boxed sets of these books lol.

[Hakuoro]

I dont believe i have read that book yet.....

[Injektilo]

Very good trilogy. The first time I read it was very frustrating since I was reading it as the series was being written and Pullman is no speed-machine with that type-writer of his I can tell you. The second time I read it I was a bit older (16 or so) and I don't know if my mindframe had changed or it was just the fact that it's always better to read something as a collected body rather than in installments seperated by 3 or 4 years but I found it far more profound really.

If anyone has ever seen Kino no Tabi, I find it similiar in that, although they're very different, both employ lots of symbolism and whilst fairly entertaining when watched/read passively, you can get quite a bit out of them when you pay closer attention.

Strangely enough I remember a couple of Manga chapters ago we somehow started talking about this series.

Anyway, yeah. His Dark Materials = Great.

[pylar]

Yeah, there was a painfully long amount of time between the second and third books... enough time for me to be out of middle school and in college. But it was worth the wait!

[M-50]

That triology is so good. I have read it twice and both times I have found things that make me more amazed with it. I reccomend this series to anyone. Has anyone else read any other Pullman books?:headbang:

[pylar]

I think I read Ruby in Smoke when I was in elementary school, but I don't remember any of it. I think he tried his hand at young adult period mysteries, but I might be making that up.

[Shinigami_Josh]

ha lol i got the whole thing in one vol for a presant the thing at the end i think is more to show how they have changed over the course and that now they wil lprobaly never see each other again