![]() Only Pullman could start off a book with cozy, comforting descriptions of fried potatoes and friendly nuns, and then catapult his reader into a pulse-pounding, surreal river voyage that is half spy adventure, half mythical odyssey. I should have trusted in Philip Pullman, an undisputed master of the fantasy novel. Rowling and George Lucas, we've all seen creators go a little overboard in adding extra backstory to their respective fantasy realms.īut I am here to tell you that The Book of Dust Volume One: La Belle Sauvage is the perfect reintroduction to the steeples and canals of Lyra's Oxford. ![]() My friends and I spent hours on the school courtyard, seriously debating what shape our own dæmons would take (for the record, mine is a lynx). The Golden Compasswas such a defining part of my childhood. I, for one, was a little nervous to read it. At long last, Philip Pullman returns to us with volume one of The Book of Dust, a companion trilogy to his much beloved His Dark Materials. ![]()
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