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9425510 No.9425510 [Reply] [Original]

Does /lit/ enjoy His Dark Materials?
And eff the movie, burn it with fire.

I think the books are incredibly underrated and overlooked.

>be me
>11 years old, introverted outcast
>spend all my free time in school library
>find the subtle knife
>didn't know it was part of trilogy
>attempt multiple times to read it before borrow time runs out
>manage to finish it the next year
>borrows golden compass from public library
>complete it in a piece-meal manner this time
>buys amber spyglass
>like 15-16 at this point, and reading feverishly
>mind blown by entire book

>> No.9425517

Not much to say beyond yeah they're good books for early to mid adolescents. He's writing more in the same universe (well, multiverse) I believe.

>> No.9425521

>>9425510
The way Philip Pullman realizes the two characters and their journey was incredibly well done. You felt the psychology of their personality through various expressions (the daemon, the fantasy-like but oddly similar universes and interacting characters)

The concept of a daemon was incredibly new to me at the time. Harry Potter had a world of magic, but it was still used by humanoid creatures. A shape-shifting Jungian manifestation of your anima/animus. As a kid I spent a few nights reading the books wondering what sort of manifestations my own daemon would take. And that was indeed, a form of meditation.

>> No.9425523

>>9425517
I'll probably read them for the nostalgia factor, but I'm more interested in the BBC series that's been optioned. Hopefully they'll manage to popularise it again because it's a fantastic children's book.

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>>9425523
>I'm more interested in the BBC

>> No.9425530

>>9425510
You say that they're underrated, but at the time of publication they were incredibly popular. Won a couple of awards, and it was popular enough to warrant a (shit) film.

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>>9425523
They did not do the first book justice with that 'movie' at all. Lyra deserves better.

The first two books were basically the male/female character and plot build-up for the third book anyways.

>> No.9425536

>>9425530
Yeah, but it never achieved that level of success here in North America.

>> No.9425542

It dealt with such advanced topics for a young adult's non-fiction. Interdimensional travel, warrior bear clans, scrying, etc.

As a young growing nerd, this stuff was absolute fuel for my brain.

>> No.9425545

>>9425536
Probably had something to do with the controversial religious themes, which were pretty historically specific to Britain anyway.

>> No.9425554

>>9425545
And yet Chronicles of Narnia managed to succeed both in UK and America. :/

>faith in humanity -1

>> No.9425555

I managed to see a six- hour performance of the first book in Oxford a few years ago, it was really enjoyable, managed to capture the scale of the books very well.

>> No.9425562

>>9425555
I'd sell my left nutsack to Kek to be you for those six hours. Truly envious my fellow anon.

>> No.9425565

As a little kid I remember crying when I finished the series at the thought of them not being together. Definitely has a place in my heart.

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>>9425565
>“I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you... We'll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams... And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they wont' just be able to take one, they'll have to take two, one of you and one of me, we'll be joined so tight...”
Shit's ass deep, bro

>> No.9425592

>>9425576
I wonder whether or not they will meet again in the follow up trilogy. As much as my childhood fantasy wants them to be together, if it's not done well it might ruin the entire series

>> No.9425910

So the two kids fucked, right?

>> No.9425930

>>9425554
Yes, CoN had uncontroversial religious themes.

>> No.9426025

>>9425510
>like 15-16
So underage b&

>> No.9426356

>>9425542
almost subtle