Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
The World of the Golden Compass: The Otherworldly Ride Continues
by
Scott Westerfeld ,
Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author) , Diana Peterfreund (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
Hardcover, 210 pages
Published
January 28th 2007
by Borders Group Inc.
(first published January 2007)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
262)
This is the first and last essay I will ever read. I feel a bit bad for giving it only one star since I'm not a vivid reader of these things, but that doesn't change the fact that it was totally boring, slow to read and made me feel like a psychiatrist was over-analyzing non-existing issues.
Almost every aspect of the His Dark Materials is analyzed in this book, from all different points of view. I learned so much more about Pullman, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, the history of the series, the science behind Dust, the different versions of daemons, etc, etc, etc! The authors are some of my favorites, and the essays are the perfect blend of funny and factual. In fact, I may like this book better than the actual series.
I'm torn between 2 and 3 stars on this. It really appeals to the part of me that LOVED my literary criticism classes in college. There's a pretty wide variety of topics addressed here, although some of them really had to stretch to make plausible connections between Pullman's trilogy and their topic of choice. Although just about every single one of the authors is a fan of Pullman's work, they didn't hesitate to criticize him for what they saw as faults in his work, nor did they refrain from add...more
interesting range of essays on HDM, whether it's topic or tone or other things that start with t. (testosterone? thermodynamics? tetchiness?) i would have liked more essays that aren't just justifications, guilty or not, of the author's own personal reactions, but then again it's always illuminating to compare one's own reading experiences to others.
the essays i liked least were the ones that strained too much to link HDM to Other Hot Topics. interesting comparisons can be made, sure, but does...more
the essays i liked least were the ones that strained too much to link HDM to Other Hot Topics. interesting comparisons can be made, sure, but does...more
I really like learning about what other people got out of a story, and this collection of essays on the "His Dark Materials" novels had a lot of interesting ideas.
Honestly, I got quite bored of essays by the end of this, and I didn't agree with all the opinions of these essayists, but it was good fun for a while :P
I'm not sure what I expect to get out of these literary criticism books but I'm just not getting it. This series of essays dissects various aspects of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Some of the essays were very interesting and others were totally lame. The essays were primarily written by young adult and fantasy writers.
Very interesting read. I think it was overhyped though
The adventure begins here.
May 14, 2013
Kazulah
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2013
Mela
marked it as to-read
May 11, 2013
Kyle Brittain
marked it as to-read
May 09, 2013
Cate1227
marked it as to-read
May 09, 2013
Mireya Morales
marked it as to-read
May 08, 2013
Clary
marked it as to-read
May 08, 2013
Heidi
marked it as to-read
Apr 29, 2013
Sabrina
marked it as to-read
Apr 13, 2013
Spenser Taylor
marked it as to-read
Apr 08, 2013
Sarra Jordan Pinkston
marked it as to-read
Apr 07, 2013
Jessica Saccco
marked it as to-read
Mar 29, 2013
Damaris
marked it as to-read
Mar 26, 2013
Hannah
marked it as to-read
Mar 26, 2013
Stephanie
marked it as to-read
Mar 25, 2013
Kara
is currently reading it
Apr 11, 2013
Rora
marked it as to-read-ya
Mar 21, 2013
Kirakoi
marked it as to-read
Mar 18, 2013
su
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling American-born author of YA sci-fi literature. He was born in the Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier.
His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and...more
More about Scott Westerfeld...
His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and...more
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
“Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.”
—
227 people liked it
More quotes…
