[Bells]

Originally posted by ~kizwiz~
His Dark Materials Trilogy - Phillip Pullman

Northern Lights may widely be considered as a children's fantasy, but adults/teens can enjoy it just as much - it's a great book. I remember having it when I was younger, but only read it recently since the Philip Pullman trilogy is based on John Milton's Paradise Lost which I am studying in English Literature at the moment (it is a really good, albeit difficult, work of poetry). It is very long, but I don't have to study it all.

Generally, the book Northern Lights requires a lot of imagination. It focuses on quite a few complex moral matters throughout, whether you pick up on them or not. The film coming out in December (The Golden Compass) is based on the books, and apparently the special effects etc. are fantastic so I'm looking forward to it purely for comparison purposes. I always like picturing scenes and then seeing how they are presented.

Currently I am reading the next book in the trilogy – The Subtle Knife.