His Dark Materials: His Dark Materials 3-Book Mass Market Paperback Boxed Set : The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass (Paperback)

from LisaMaria_C

Pullman's His Dark Materials have been described as an "atheist's Narnia." It's certainly the only series I've read comparable in ambition and quality in the genre, and as such I think it shares the major attractions and weaknesses of C.S. Lewis' Christian fantasies for children. I read Tolkien, ...

from acl

One of my favorite series ever, most certainly my favorite trilogy. Strong characters and themes, and a wonderful sense of atmosphere, especially in the first book. The first book is by far the best, and admittedly, the third is inferior to the first two. It feels like Pullman became a little too...

from Pwrwbw

My granddaughter loved them

from Devil_llama

As someone who has never favored fantasy as a genre, I was pleasantly surprised at this trilogy, which is imaginative, entertaining, and does a lot mroe to get the science right (or at least rational) than most other books of this ilk. The heroine is a feisty young girl who is rendered more likea...

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Why does the author call attention to sleep so often? Re-read; originally so long ago it all seemed like new. Took a little bit longer to take off. Writing style rather pedestrian, but seemed richer than C.S. Lewis, Pullman's diametric opposite.