HisDarkMaterials.org
HisDarkMaterials.org is one of the leading His Dark Materials websites, including information about The Golden Compass movie, the book trilogy, extensive fan art galleries, photographs of Philip Pullman, and related visual resources. It also contains a dæmon name generator, an active chatroom, a His Dark Materials role playing game, and an interactive encyclopedia. News is updated daily, with members being able to discuss news items. The website is also home to Cittàgazze.net, the world's largest His Dark Materials forum.
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The Golden Compass
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The Golden Compass / Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Lyra’s Oxford
The Book of Dust
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The Golden Compass World Premiere
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Last updated on 17 September 2007
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Summary: Lyra's Oxford
Lyra’s Oxford is a small companion novel to the His Dark Materials trilogy. Set two years following the events of the main trilogy, Lyra’s Oxford contains the short story entitled “Lyra and the Birds,” as well as a number of oddities and extras from the various worlds in His Dark Materials. The extras include a foldout map of Lyra’s parallel Oxford, a postcard from Mary Malone, advertisements from Lyra’s world, and a brochure from the cruise ship Zenobia.
"Lyra and the Birds" is the main story featured in the book. It follows a short adventure of Lyra and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, through Oxford. Ragi, a witch’s dæmon in the form of an arctic tern, comes to Lyra in need of her assistance in finding a mysterious man by the name of Sebastian Makepeace. When Lyra agrees to help the dæmon, she and Pantalaimon quickly find themselves involved in something more than they’d agreed upon. Together they discover that all things are greater than they seem, if only they can understand the meaning.