Type: fiction
Status: favorite
Author: Philip Pullman
2011-12-30
book
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
I always read books before I recommend them to my students. While this book is very interesting and well-written, I would not recommend it to my students as the final premise of the triliogy is that God is just a figment of our imagination and "the church" controls us by encouraging belief in God. Very misleading for Scholastic to trump this series as the next Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe or Lord of the Rings. Essentially Pullman pits religion against children and truth.
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by vslogue
Type: fiction
Status: disliked
Author: Philip Pullman
Description: I always read books before I recommend them to my students. While this book is very interesting...
2008-02-04
by tymbr
Type: fiction
Status: I recommend
Author: Philip Pullman
Tags: fantasy science children alternate universe
Description: It starts out slow, but is a well-written alternate universe book. I think it's technically...
2006-09-18
by chaserude
Type: fiction
Status: liked
Author: Philip Pullman
Tags: fantasy adventure philosophy
2006-07-10
by choberygu
Type: unknown
Status: I recommend
Author: Philip Pullman
Tags: fantasy science-fiction young-adult
2006-02-01
by wanderlust
Type: fiction
Status: liked
Author: Philip Pullman
Tags: sci-fi/fantasy hisdarkmaterials
Description: Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped...
2006-01-23
by amimolko
Type: fiction
Status: I recommend
Author: Philip Pullman
Description: Finished 12/05
2006-01-05