His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Has anyone read these? Its been over a year since iv read them but I was just wondering who else has?
I liked the first book, very adventury, second book was great, third - wtf was he on when he wrote that ending? Whatever happened to happy stories that ended well?
Thoughts?
Re: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
First - good, second - also good, though not quite as good as first. Third - went all wrong with the whole 'I'm gonna make some crazy religious dross up' thing.
Still, I found it a better series than a fair few contemporary childrens' fantasy books.
Last edited by Somebody Else; 12-11-2005 at 18:38.
Re: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Read these a few years ago, thought they were great.
Originally Posted by Ranika
Re: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
They were great when I read them several years ago, I haven't read anything like that in a long time though, I've moved on to some really good sci-fi recently, though that also never ends well. Every book in the series ends up with a worse outlook than the last.
Oh well two more to go!
EDIT:Figured I should throw this in afterwards, the series starts off with Revelation Space iirc and is by Alistair Reynolds.
Last edited by Uesugi Kenshin; 12-11-2005 at 22:57.
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Re: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
1: Good. 2: Pretty good. 3: Rather poor.
It seems he let his anti-Christian sentiments get the best of him. A shame, really, as the first one was great.
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Re: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Ye all that stuff in the third was odd. Also I thought like shooting myself every time we had a chapter about those bulls with wheels on their legs and that woman, boring chapters. Still, 1+2 were good imo.
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