For the third year in a row, Mythopia is one of the most prominent literary conventions in the Israeli landscape. Starting off with academic lectures on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling, it began to house other literary endeavours such as those of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials", G. R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" and C. S. Lewis's "Narnia".
The convention attracts a wide range of audiences, from early teens to mature adults, all interested in fannish delving or academic exploration, with no correlation to the age of the audience, who enjoys the stage of Israel's top academic lecturers concerning literary works in the fantastic genre, producing a fantastic convention.
This year we have a few interesting events concerning HDM:
His Bright Materials
Four months before the long awaited "official" version is released, the Israeli HDM Community is proud to present its alternative version to the trilogy by Philip Pullman. Suzie, a TV talk-show host and an aspiring journalist, is interviewing the cast of characters from His Dark Materials, trying to get a scoop about the plot's goings-on. Hence unfolds a crazy and funnilicous story, freely based on the trilogy by Pullman.
The movie is an original production of the Israeli HDM Community, the fruit of over a year of hard, but most enjoyable labor.
Dark Matter and His Dark Materials / Dafna Kirsh
What is Dark Matter in physics? How was it discovered? Is it possible to see it? Is there a connection between it and Pullman's trilogy? What does physics say about the possibility of the existence of parallel universes? And what interesting scientific ideas come into expression in the trilogy?
Pullman's Dogma: Is Pullman anti-religion or anti-religious observants?
This lecture attempts to question whether religious readers can read - and enjoy - His Dark Materials trilogy. We shall examine several differences between the Jewish and Christian philosophy using examples from the trilogy.
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