3/9/2024 0 Comments Alex heimbach myspaceThe His Dark Materials trilogy is full of these kinds of sharp observations - many of which are heavier than your usual kid's book fare. The idea of the writer as a thief, weaving together the bits and bobs of life, has stuck with me ever since. (I remember thinking it took him forever to write and having to wait ages to finally get my hands on it - turns out all of three years elapsed between the publication of the two novels.) I asked a very silly question about the existence of daemons, but Pullman was kind enough to give a thoughtful answer all the same and explained that if he had a daemon, he thought it would be a magpie, a troublemaking bird obsessed with collecting shiny things. He was touring in support of The Amber Spyglass, the final His Dark Materials novel, which I had been desperately awaiting after the cliffhanger ending of The Subtle Knife. The very first author I ever went to see read was Phillip Pullman.
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