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.
psorrentino
April 24, 2002 — 3:38 am
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.