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19. The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. "His Dark Materials," vol. 1

Date: 2004-07-15 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmnsqrl.livejournal.com
I finished that a few weeks ago myself and I'm just about to start 'The Subtle Knife' now (I'd have done that and finished it already but I had a windfall of unexpected copies of 'Destiny' and 'Requiem for the Sun' by Elizabeth Haydon and took time out to devour those)

_Very_ interesting book recommended at about the same time but independantly to me by [livejournal.com profile] kr1mz0n_ghoti and [livejournal.com profile] tim_

Date: 2004-07-16 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] metahacker.livejournal.com
I'm about 30 pages into this, but it seems to have gone AWOL... :(

Date: 2004-07-16 06:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msmemory.livejournal.com
If it doesn't turn up soon, I'll be glad to lend you mine.

Date: 2004-07-16 06:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asdr83.livejournal.com
It's an awesome book but I warn you the next two books go downhill severely and may leave you bitter about that series. If you haven't read Pullman's "Ruby in the Smoke" I strongly suggest it.

Date: 2004-07-16 07:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msmemory.livejournal.com
Hmmm... part of why I chose The Golden Compass was that I had enjoyed The Ruby in the Smoke. However, I thought book 2 of the Sally Lockhart set also went way downhill; I didn't even finish it.

Date: 2004-07-16 08:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asdr83.livejournal.com
Um then double beware, this series is worse.

Date: 2004-07-16 09:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilnicola.livejournal.com
I read the Golden Compass years ago, then recently picked up the next book in the series.

I like the Golden Compass, but more in a it was a cool concept and cool story to a 13/14 year-old me than actually being a good book.

I got Ruby in the Smoke for Christmas one year, and liked it, but never go around to reading the sequels

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