![]() ![]() Pullman followed the trilogy with two novellas set in the Northern Lights universe Lyra’s Oxford (2003) and Once Upon a Time in the North (2008). A BBC television series based on the novels commenced broadcast in November 2019. New Line Cinema released a film adaptation of Northern Lights, The Golden Compass, in 2007. The London Royal National Theatre staged a two-part adaptation of the series in 2003–2004. ![]() The series has attracted controversy for its criticism of religion. It functions in part as a retelling and inversion of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, with Pullman commending humanity for what Milton saw as its most tragic failing, original sin. ![]() The fantasy elements include witches and armoured polar bears the trilogy also alludes to concepts from physics, philosophy, and theology. In 2003, the trilogy was ranked third on the BBC’s The Big Read poll.Īlthough His Dark Materials has been marketed as young adult fiction, Pullman wrote with no target audience in mind. The novels have won a number of awards, including the Carnegie Medal in 1995 for Northern Lights and the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year for The Amber Spyglass. It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes. ![]() His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights (1995) (published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). Limited Amazon exclusive box set with print signed by Philip Pullman.”Dust” splattered vinyl. ![]()
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