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Apparently Pullman can not only write stories; he also can read them; read them aloud in front of an audience. And he can act to it, too. The following small film is a sequence showing Pullman reading a passage of The Subtle Knife.

Pullman's variable emphasis and facial expression makes the excerpt even more enjoyable. The ticking grandfather clock standing behind Pullman incidentally adds to the flair of a kind grandfather reading to his grandchildren.

I just received this information about the National Theatre's stage adaptation of His Dark Materials. I think this article covers nearly every aspect of the stage adaptation.

It also mentions the newest His Dark Materials related book: The Art of Darkness, by Robert Butler

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A new adventure in fantasywriting.
My own story. A small creature, a micet called Trentin, is about to start the biggest adventure of his seemingly meaningless life. This small creature is asked as a guide for a group of elves who go ork-hunting. In this prologue-chapter the history of these strange creatures is explained. I hope you like it and I hope to post more of it (that is if people like it). Start reading the strangest story involving an axe in a Fantasyworld."

Don't panic! – an important advice before reading this preview of the upcoming film. And I will repeat it: don't panic! It can't be half as bad as pictured here, it just can't!

Another interesting review of the beloved novel. In my opinion it interpretes several crucial points of the story wrong, seeing it almost as a meaningless story, interesting, but no more.

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HE LOOKS NICE ENOUGH Philip Pullman, author of the bestselling His Dark Materials series, is considered by some to be Britain's "most dangerous" writer.

A short essay about Philip Pullman, his books and his idea.

The following review dates back to a time before The Amber Spyglass. This more than anything else makes it interesting because the reader can compare the interpretation of this text to the final result.
For example, the author suggests that The Subtle Knife could be read without knowing Norther Lights because the books are quite independent. What a mistake.

On the other hand the authore notices very rightly the sexual innocence of the two children and the role it will play.

I have just found a synopsis of the upcoming HDM film on movies.com – and had to laugh out aloud! The summary sounds as if the film were just any cool fantasy, sci-fi action film. My guess is that the reviewer has not read the books:

A recent thread in our forum made me think about the passage where Mary is supposed to play the serpent and to tempt Lyra.

Remember that this is my personal interpretation but certainly it has some truth in it.

Philip Pullman is one of Britain’s most challenging and original authors. His award-winning Dark Materials trilogy has sold over 3 million books in the UK alone and will soon be brought to screen by Lord of the Rings film company New Line Cinema.

Readers ask questions and Pullman answers – we all know this but still it is interesting to read because many questions that are asked have come to our own mind as well.

Following is such an interview which could be interesting, were there not so many questions that I would call downright stupid.

This is a really good, although not very well known interview with Philip Pullman by Fish.co.uk, a Christian site. Interesting questions:

"But would you say that your books have an anti-Christian purpose? Mary Malone in The Amber Spyglass, an ex-nun who has lost her faith, says that Christianity is a very powerful and convincing mistake. "

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A review by Devlyn Fennell, published on The Retriever. Peculiar to this review is that the reviewer understood Pullman held a "pro-religion" position – something he has denied in many interviews.

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Interviewed by Huw Spanner Pullman reveals great details about his position towards Religion and other aspects. The interview becomes interesting as Spanner starts to attack Pullman's point of view quite strongly as being nihilistic and Pullman has the chance to show that his talk is not just incoherent nonsense.

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This one is an old CBBC article about the His Dark Materials movies. Quite a lot of interesting information, but it says:

It means that Will, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon could soon be taking on the Dark Forces on the big screen.

The Dark Forces? Oh dear. Read the article below.