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# Author: Philip Pullman
# Pages:1024 pages
# Publisher: Scholastic UK; reissue edition (August 6, 2007)
# ISBN-10: 1407106422
# ISBN-13: 978-1407106427
# Format: PDF | 3.20MB

His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novels (some of which have won awards) by Philip Pullman, comprises Northern Lights (1995 — released as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). (The books have also appeared as a single-volume omnibus in the United Kingdom and in North America, titled His Dark Materials.) The trilogy follows the coming-of-age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events.The story involves fantasy elements such as witches and armoured polar bears, and alludes to a broad range of ideas from fields such as physics, philosophy, theology and spirituality.

The trilogy functions in part as a retelling and inversion of John Milton's epic, Paradise Lost; Pullman commends humanity for its attainment of wisdom and knowledge rather than condemning it (as in Milton's poem). Because of this and of other elements such as the negative portrayal of organized religion, the series has drawn criticism from some religious individuals and groups.Pullman's publishers have primarily marketed the series to young adults, but Pullman also intended to speak to adults. North American printings of The Amber Spyglass have censored passages describing Lyra's incipient sexuality.

Pullman has published two short stories related to His Dark Materials: Lyra and the Birds, which appears with accompanying illustrations in the small hardcover book Lyra's Oxford, and Once Upon a Time in the North. He has worked on another, larger companion book to the series, The Book of Dust, for several years.The London Royal National Theatre staged a major, two-part adaptation of the series in 2003-2004, and New Line Cinema released a film based on Northern Lights and titled The Golden Compass in 2007.


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