View Full Version : Hey, Crawfish, re: Phillip Pullman
Frozen Sooner
10/22/2006, 09:04 PM
Were you the person who recommended His Dark Materials to me?
I just got done with The Northern Lights and started The Subtle Knife last night. When am I supposed to start caring about this Lyra girl?
crawfish
10/23/2006, 07:48 AM
Were you the person who recommended His Dark Materials to me?
I just got done with The Northern Lights and started The Subtle Knife last night. When am I supposed to start caring about this Lyra girl?
Didn't recommend it...I was just pointing out that for all the Christian/religous flap over the fairly innocent Harry Potter books, none of them had heard of this second-bestselling children's series, which is directly subversive and anti-Christian in nature. You won't really see it in the first book, but by the third you'll see a complete reimagining of the Christian belief of heaven and God that should offend 90% of the Christians in this country. I fully believe that Pullman wanted to be the anti-C.S. Lewis and write the anti-Narnia.
Artistically, it's a well-written series, and you will eventually care more about her. The armored polar bears are a cool concept. The Catholic church will NOT be amused.
I suppose that will change when the movie comes out next year.
Frozen Sooner
10/23/2006, 09:59 AM
Yeah, the panserbjorne were kinda cool I guess.
As it stands right now, though, Lyra seems to need nothing more than about a month of timeout and a few solid whippin's.
crawfish
10/23/2006, 10:26 AM
The boy he introduces in book is even more difficult to like.
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