His Dark Materials

Michele pointed me to a great interview with Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy. Did you know The Mail on Sunday called Pullman the most dangerous man in Britain? And here I thought all the conservative book critics were too busy burning copies of Harry Potter to notice. My sister just finished the books, so she should appreciate getting a bit more insight into Pullman’s personal religious philosophy. I was amazed by his statements that C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books are “detestable”. He makes some good arguments against the view of Heaven that those books present. Good stuff.

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  1. psorrentino

    Great interview! I didn’t like Spyglass as much as the first two, but all of his worlds are amazing.
    As for Narnia, haven’t read them since I was 9…I imagine that my take on the books will be a lot different now.


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