The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials Series #3)

This year, The Golden Compass, the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, celebrates its 20th year in print. First published in the United Kingdom as The Northern Lights in 1995, the book and its sequels, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass gained the kind of critical attention rarely afforded novels in the fantasy genre, […]

As we get deeper into autumn and the days grow shorter, those of us of the goth persuasion rub our hands together in glee, anticipating a seasonal appetite for all things dark and spooky. If you’re in the mood for some reads that visit the land of the dead (literal and metaphorical), then check out the […]

If Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy was too idiosyncratic to have achieved the heights of popular fame of C.S. Lewis Narnia or of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, its fans are still legion. By design, the trilogy which began with 1995’s The Golden Compass (known as Northern Lights in the UK), is challenging in its refusal […]