His Dark Materials “prequel”
On Saturday, The Guardian ran an extract from Phillip Pullman’s new story Once Upon A Time in the North, which will be published next month. As with Lyra’s Oxford, it will be a small book, separate but connected with His Dark Materials. The story involves a young Lee Scoresby and his first encounter with the bear Iorek Byrnison. The extract is very much a taster - expect no big revelations.
Wooo. I try and give the trilogy as a present to someone every year if I can.
Comment by Damien Mulley | March 24, 2008 at 5:16 pmSmiles all round so.
Comment by david | March 24, 2008 at 8:58 pmWooo. I try and give the trilogy as a present to someone every year if I can.
Do they return it then?
The second book is good but I really didn’t enjoy the other 2.
Comment by Ian | March 24, 2008 at 11:29 pmYeh, book 1 was amazing. Book 2 was very good, and then he completely ran out of good ideas for the end of it. Such a shame.
Comment by jazz biscuit | March 25, 2008 at 10:56 am@JB
There was alot to wrap up in the third book - especially with the ties to Paradise Lost… I thought 3 was the masterpiece
Comment by David | March 25, 2008 at 4:08 pmLet’s just hope New Line don’t get their hands on it or they’ll ruin it for the masses…
Comment by MJ | March 26, 2008 at 10:36 amJazz I completely agree, first book breathtaking then the law of diminishing returns.
Comment by Green Ink | March 26, 2008 at 12:43 pm