Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal—including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.
But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...
A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal—including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.
But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...
A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
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Fantasy literature gained one of its most intricate speculative universes with the publication of His Dark Materials, a trilogy that reinterprets classic philosophical and theological concepts through a multi-world narrative. English author Philip Pullman created this seminal sequence alongside companion novels, young adult fiction, and provocative retellings, establishing a distinct presence across modern fiction.
Born in Norwich, Pullman achieved widespread international recognition for narratives that pair coming-of-age adventures with deeply layered intellectual inquiry, attracting both younger audiences and adult readers.
Born on October 19, 1946, in Norwich, England, Philip Pullman spent his early childhood moving between military bases due to his father's service in the Royal Air Force. After his father died when Pullman was seven, he lived with his grandfather in Norfolk before living in Southern Africa and Australia, eventually settling in North Wales to attend Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech. He later read English at Exeter College, Oxford. Pullman entered the teaching profession at age 25, working in Oxford middle schools before joining Westminster College in 1986 to educate future teachers, a career he maintained for eight years while establishing his early literary path.
Pullman's writing blends expansive world-building with rigorous philosophical inquiry, frequently examining authority, human consciousness, free will, and morality. His narratives feature vivid multi-world settings, precise pacing, and articulate young protagonists confronting complex ethical choices. His broader literary contributions earned wide critical recognition, including a spot on the 2008 list by The Times of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
4 books in catalog
Fantasy literature gained one of its most intricate speculative universes with the publication of His Dark Materials, a trilogy that reinterprets classic philosophical and theological concepts through a multi-world narrative. English author Philip Pullman created this seminal sequence alongside companion novels, young adult fiction, and provocative retellings, establishing a distinct presence across modern fiction.
Born in Norwich, Pullman achieved widespread international recognition for narratives that pair coming-of-age adventures with deeply layered intellectual inquiry, attracting both younger audiences and adult readers.
Born on October 19, 1946, in Norwich, England, Philip Pullman spent his early childhood moving between military bases due to his father's service in the Royal Air Force. After his father died when Pullman was seven, he lived with his grandfather in Norfolk before living in Southern Africa and Australia, eventually settling in North Wales to attend Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech. He later read English at Exeter College, Oxford. Pullman entered the teaching profession at age 25, working in Oxford middle schools before joining Westminster College in 1986 to educate future teachers, a career he maintained for eight years while establishing his early literary path.
Pullman's writing blends expansive world-building with rigorous philosophical inquiry, frequently examining authority, human consciousness, free will, and morality. His narratives feature vivid multi-world settings, precise pacing, and articulate young protagonists confronting complex ethical choices. His broader literary contributions earned wide critical recognition, including a spot on the 2008 list by The Times of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
