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.
Movies
The Golden Compass
Books
Overview
The Golden Compass / Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Lyra’s Oxford
The Book of Dust
Features
The Golden Compass World Premiere
Cannes Filmfestival 2007
Alethiometer
Cartography
Last updated on 17 September 2007
Praise
Navigation
Awards
Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Book Award
An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults
A Booklist Editors Choice
A Publishers Weekly Best Book Of The Year
A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"
What the Experts Have to Say
Kirkus Reviews:
"Powerful ... Angels that bless and Specters that eat the wills of adults appear; tantalizing glimpses of the past and future abound; the whole is presented in a rush of sensuous detail that moves and entrances."
Cincinnati Enquirer:
"The story travels at such a furious clip - and its cliffhanger ending is so riveting - that you are sure Lyra will pop through that hole on page one of The Subtle Knife ... Pullman is a superb storyteller - and even readers who normally shun science-fantasy-fiction (like me) will be left gasping for the final installment."
Lloyd Alexander, author of the Prydian Chronicles, Newberry Medallist for The High King:
"The Subtle Knife is as absorbing and irresistable as The Golden Compass - and even more so, as powerful new forces are set in motion. Philip Pullman's epic-scale fantasy keeps gaining strength and momentum. This brilliantly conceived work grows richer and more compelling at every step of it's gripping journey."
Publishers Weekly:
"Starts off at a heart-thumping pace and never slows down ... The grandly exuberant storytelling is sure to enthrall."
The Horn Book:
"Stunningly ambitious, original, and fascinating ... Pullman offered an exceptional romantic fantasy in The Golden Compass, but The Subtle Knife is adding a mythic dimension that inevitably demands even greater things from the finale."
St. Petersburg Times:
"Though our world is not populated with bears, specters, and the other creatures of Pullman's gifted imagination, his immense storytelling craft and the bravery of his youthful characters make it seem equally magical."
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
"Incredibly, it's even better than the first book ... Sheer edge-of-your-seat suspense and adventure ... [The Subtle Knife] starts with a bang and never lets up, moving from one explosion to the next with hardly a pause for the reader to catch his breath. It's the kind of book you're tempted all night to finish."
Booklist:
"Riveting ... A resoundingly successful sequel."