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Overview

Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy in a magical paperback set!

This boxed set contains the three His Dark Materials novels that captured fantasy lovers' imaginations: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. All three paperbacks feature the artwork from the original hardcovers.

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Fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy can now get the paperback versions -- with original artwork -- in this brilliant boxed set. A perfect addition for collector's shelves and a spellbinding read for anyone not yet familiar with Lyra, Iorek, and Pullman's other magical characters.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780440419518
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 5/27/2003
Edition description: Boxed Set
Pages: 560
Sales rank: 32,374
Age range: 10 - 17 Years
Series: His Dark Materials Series
Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 3.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman has won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Philip Pullman is the author of many books for young readers, including two volumes related to the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North. He lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit www.philip-pullman.com and www.hisdarkmaterials.com.

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Interesting facts about Philip Pullman and his books:

The Amber Spyglass was the first children's book to be named the Whitbread Book of the Year.

Among the other awards Pullman has received are Britain's prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (a sort of Nobel Prize for children's literature) honoring his entire body of work.

Pullman enjoys playing the piano. "I'd like to play it well," he quips on his website. "But I can't, so the rest of the family has to put up with my playing it badly."

Pullman persuaded his publisher to let him illustrate the first two books of His Dark Materials with small, symbolic pen and ink drawings at the start of each chapter. Although these illustrations were left out of first editions in the U.S., they have been included in later editions. The third book of the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass does not have illustrations, but chapters begin with quotations from some of Pullman's favorite writers, like John Milton, William Blake, and Emily Dickinson.

1. Hometown:
  
  Oxford, England
1. Date of Birth:
  
  October 19, 1946
2. Place of Birth:
  
  Norwich, England
1. Education:
  
  Exeter College, Oxford University
2. Website:
  
  http://www.philip-pullman.com/

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Anonymous

Posted January 2, 2008

I laugh at you all

I'm 14 and read the whole series in, I think, 5th or 6th grade. I went to a Catholic school for 6 years going to a school wide mass every Wednsday. I think I could be called a Catholic, don't you? While reading them I didn't hear anything negative about the books or even the author from anyone including my teachers. Now however, I was looking at the books in a used book store and someone came up to me and said that anyone who read the books is going to hell. I really do laugh at anybody with that mentality because, if you read it as a work of fiction, all of a sudden it is an amazing story. I also went to the movie. Because the director was trying to be 'politically correct' the movie suffered horribly (don't get me wrong, it was good). Anyone who says that this series is brainwashing children obviously does not have enough confidence in thier self to resist temptation and what is life but the temptation to do wrong? All in all, wonderfull series, but I wish people could learn how to read and decide for themselves.

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Diamonddiva

Posted November 20, 2008

I couldn't wait to get back to this book!

I thought this was a children's story. My husband gave the trilogy book to me for Christmas in 2007. I pushed it around until the summer when I began reading The Golden Compass. It grabbed me the way the first Harry Potter book did. Grabbed me and pulled me right into the fantasy world of Lyra and Roger. I found myself feeling torn when I had to put the book down wondering where the twists and turns would go next. I didn't just read these three books, I absorbed them.

The writing is so compelling and full of intrigue. But the message..ahh the message it has for us in today's world. In a world of "Change" and "Yes we can", this book is a must read. Mr. Pullman has written a book for the ages.

Put a copy today...forget the movie, it doesn't come close to the book and ENJOY!!!

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Anonymous

Posted July 19, 2008

Add this to a list of books you read before you die!

This is an amazing book. I have read all three in the series and I have seen the movie. It's absolutey wonderful. The story is great and it's one of those books that you can easily get lost in. You really can imagine everything clearly in your mind and the way the story is told, it feels like your there with the characters watching everything. You must read this book sometime in your life or you will miss out on a lot!

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Anonymous

Posted December 13, 2007

A 'Subtle Knife' for a subtle sneak

These books are poisonous and merely promotion of anti-Christian sentiment. He is subversively attempting to imprint young children with the notion of an evil 'Church' 'Pullman's Magisterium' such that they may naturally corroborate these ideas with the Christian religion. His hope is these sinister portraits will bias young people against a religion that is peaceful in its true form. For those of you arguing that the books' representative nature mirror the Chronicles of Narnia, realize that Lewis was attempting to represent his chosen faith in an extolling light, and that hopefully the readers would see the goodness in Christianity. Pullman has stated that he possesses a hatred of the peaceful, benign, and moral masterpieces of C.S. Lewis for their nature (as per his Time Magazine interview), and has, in the past, stated that his filth he calls literature is a statement of how to kill God disguised in a child's story. I do not believe that you can be more malignant and underhanded than trying to imbue children with inimical notions toward any religion. Deplorable. Avoid them as much as you can and prevent friends and family from paying any patronage to the movie or the books.

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Anonymous

Posted July 7, 2008

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This is a good, well-written series with characters you'll be rooting for. The scenes came vividly to life it was full of beautiful imagery. Yeah, the author's an Atheist and the books reflect that. So what? People of religious backgrounds--from Christian to Wiccan--write books reflecting their faith for kids. Instead of getting offended at Pullman why not be offended at something that truly is offensive? Like the gas/food prices? :-)By the way, the first one, the Golden Compass, probably has the least anti-church rhetoric in it at least, I didn't detect anything there that I thought was offensive. It gets steadily more anti-religion as the books progress.

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Anonymous

Posted December 29, 2007

'christians' beware, ha!

Fist of all let me say that these books were incredible. I am a PhD level scientist and I thought that it was incredible that the author actually introduced some high level scientific ideas into this book. My real concern here lies in how so many so-called 'christians' are preaching intolerance and are approaching the level of advocating censorship. Atheism is a religion (if you don't understand then maybe you should read something other than your bible some time), saying that it isn't, is like saying that 0 is not a number. Now, that being said, this book is a fantasy tale that happens to have a spiritual side that supports and proclaims the religious beliefs of the author. The issue here is that atheism is not as accepted in our society as Christianity, or Islam, or the various other religions out there. Would everyone really be in such an uproar if this book were about another religion. Considering I was forced to read the lion, the which and the wardrobe in school and it didn't turn me in to some deluded Christ follower, I have no sympathy for your concerns. 'christians', try some of these things: 1) try to be a little open minded and experience things that don't quite fit in your perfect little delusion. 2) try leading people to your religion by example and preaching love and compassion instead of trying to force people to your god by banning books, ignoring proven science, and attmepting to make sins illegal through political means. 3) have a little faith in your children. they know the difference in a fairy tale and a religious text and if they don't maybe you should try talking to them a little more instead of just regulating their input.

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Anonymous

Posted August 2, 2008

Absolutely amazing! Favorite series!

This is my favorite series of books, ever. They're completely outstanding. I was blown away by Pullman's huge imagination. This series had be smiling, laughing, crying, fuming... I just loved it. The ending was shocking, and superb. If you had to read one series of books before you kick the bucket you MUST read these!

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Anonymous

Posted December 12, 2007

Good, but for an older crowd

I thought that these books were great. I really enjoyed the story, but I was a little disappointed that I had to go to the children's section to get it. I am a Christian and I was able to separate my beliefs from this fiction story. However, I don't think that these are books that I would want children reading. My hope is that parents wait until their children are older and able to clearly separate reality from fantasy. Let's be honest these books are very disparaging toward God and the church, but we are mature enough to appreciate a good story for what it is.

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Anonymous

Posted January 30, 2007

Promotes the idea that god is evil and you should fight against him.

My daughter read this series so I decided to read it also- so we could talk about it. I was shocked. The first book is vague but in the 2nd book the plot emerges- the original war in heaven ended in defeat for satan and his forces- and this is bad. So now humans are mounting a new war against Authority, which he says is God or the Church, because Authority is evil and prevents us from having joy. In the third book the evil forces defeat Authority/God and this is good. Can you believe this is a children's book? Can you beleive any company would sell this trash to CHILDREN?

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Anonymous

Posted March 8, 2010

YES!

YES! YES! YES, YES, YES!!! Read these books. Best fantasy ever written.
Oh, and I am Christian. And I found that this trilogy /enriched/ my faith. It is healthy, especially for young minds, to question one's faith. And for those who might lose faith through reading these books, they will actually be closer to God in my opinion, for they will not be living a lie. (Meaning that their faith is the lie, not religion itself.)
Recommended for everyone age 10 and up, just because it might be a bit difficult for young children to understand, and because of some disturbing details.
Read it, read it, read it!! And then re-read it! (It gets better every time.)

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Pym

Posted December 31, 2009

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Engrossing

It was a beautiful and engrossing look at human nature, whether technically human or not, and the power of rightness. Not the rightness someone else has dictated but the kind of rightness that is known instinctively and felt throughout your entire being. That every being in every universe and dimension has the right to be free from oppression and has the right to fight with every fiber of their being to ensure that freedom.

It also strips away the facade of organized religion and exposes the atrocities associted with it and the absolute horror of zealotry. Although the story takes place in a world parallel to this one, the words resonate deeply with what has occured throughout time wherever religion is present: murder, torture, theft and subjugation. The replacement of free will with the dictates of religious doctrine. The gleeful torture and murder of individuals who do not agree with that doctrine, simply because that doctrine said it was the right thing to do, overriding the individual's own sense of right and wrong.

Although it was published as three seperate books, its true form is one inseperable volume. Each of its parts flow so smoothly into each other that it is more like turning the page on a new chapter rather than a new book. That combined with the massive cliffhangers that leave you dangling from your fingertips make it impossible to not simply turn to that next page. Even the ending of the tale leaves you partially dangling, and hungering for more of a single, emotionally charged plot line left untied. Instead, it stretches into eternity and sets the wheels turning on the possibilities, and leaves you desperately hoping. If rumors play out, that last plot line will finally get tied in a fourth installment.

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Ativar_23

Posted September 1, 2009

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Worthy of purchasing!

This series was well written and it's characters were well developed. It kept my interest and I was eager to move from one novel to the next. Do not let the minor controversy behind the plot prevent you from giving these a read...

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Anonymous

Posted April 27, 2009

This was a book club selection and I wasn't particularly enthused about it initially so I borrowed the books from the library. After the first 20 or so pages, I thought "I've got to have this to keep." I promptly went to the book store a

My expectation was that this was a religious tome about faith, etc. It is, however, not at all in the vain I was expecting----rather he presents very thought-provoking ideas that still have me pondering. There has been mention in other review that Pullman must be an aethist----I don't find that conclusion at all. He certainly doesn't hesitate to point out some of the worst things people of all religions have visited on others. How many wars and how much destruction of people and land have occurred "in the name of God?" The Crusades, for example. I found the author's presented viewpoints and plots to be highly thought-provoking in today's world. At the same time, I loved the other-worldly setting and characters fascinating. For me it was an amazingly thoughtful, provoking read and I'm grateful my fellow book club members selected this otherwise I'd probably never have read it.

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Jawjam

Posted March 2, 2009

Love the polar Bear

I was fascinated with this series and have been enjoying the read. When the movie came out Pastors asked parents not to allow children to go so I needed to read all the books to see what was up. My son had read the 1st in 5th grade and loved it so I decided to see what the whole story line was about. It is thought provoking and a good series for you to sit down and discuss what is in the books with your children. 2nd and 3rd may be too dark for some young readers but ok for 7th grade and above with a mature child. I do not look at the negative but how you can get your youth to talk about what they got from the story and how it may differ from what they believe.

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Hosanna

Posted February 15, 2009

I Also Recommend:

I wish Pulman had stopped with the Golden Compass - or at least halfway through the Subtle Knife.

So like many others, I saw the Golden Compass movie - I thought it was visually beautiful, and found the story to be intriging. Because a friend of mine recommended that the book was BETTER! I picked it up. And had to agree whole heartedly that the movie did not do the book justice.

The Golden Compass is a fabulous book.

When I started reading the Subtle Knife - I thought to myself WOW! This book is even better than the first. THEN half way through: the didactic preachy nature of Pullman came out.

Pullman pushed his religion on me grotesquely TOO FAR - and his religion is quite obviously antitheism.

He took a book that was fast becoming my favorite book of all time (the Subtle knife) and butchered it with his pedigogical antitheistic dogmatism.

And then, because I am the kind of person who has to watch a horror movie to the end, just because I want to see how it all turned out, I read The Amber Spyglass.

And the Amber Spyglass, I would have to say is the absolutely worst book I have ever read. The reason - Pullman TRIED TOO HARD. He strived so desperately to kill any God that might exist in his intransigent insistance that no one should believe in Christianity that his attempt to "recreate" the temptation of Eve failed miserably.

The entire uniting premise throughought the trilogy is that Lyra is supposed to be the new "Eve" and give into the "temptation" that would bring about some kind of huge change. At the end of the series, I was left wondering what was the temptation??? Where was the huge change??? What exactly was Lyra chosen to do???

I was grotesquely disappointed. If Pullman had successfully pulled off his narrow antitheist doctrine so that it made some sort of rational sense, I might have at least given his attempt some kind of credibility. I'm an open, thinking person who questions everything - I even left the church because of it's own narrow adherence to traditions.

As it stands, Pullman's fumbling and obstinate endorsment of antitheism made this magnificant fantasy trilogy into a wretched anticlimactic tragedy.

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Anonymous

Posted February 10, 2009

Good Read

I really enjoyed the series. It was very interesting and was a page turner. The Subtle Knife started off a little slower than the other books but it picked up really quickly.

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Posted November 7, 2008

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Adventure!

I found these books to be excelent. They were thrilling and captivateing all in one. I couldn't put it down, and although I know there is some contriversy over it I don't care, they are a good read that I would recomend to anyone looking for a great adventure...

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Anonymous

Posted October 28, 2008

YOU WILL READ THIS BOOK NOW!

The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
Published by Dell Yearling
Fantasy

Do you like adventures? Well if you do you should read The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. A little girl named Lyra is journeying to the north to find her long lost Uncle Lord Aisrel, she later finds out that there are these people called the gobblers and they steal children. Lyra's best friend Roger gets stolen. Lyra travels to the north only to be captured by the gobblers. Will Lyra ever get away from the gobblers, will Lyra save her uncle Lord Aisrel, and will she ever find Roger? What will happen to Lyra and her companions?

Lyra has long curly dark hair, she has blue eyes, and she is a brave wild little kid, she and Roger go anywhere there is danger and make it worse. Roger, Lyra's best friend, is just like Lyra except he has red hair like Lord Aisrel, Lyra's uncle. Lyra's uncle, Lord Aisrel, knows about dust, no not that dust, a special type of dust, the kind of dust where when one hits puberty he/she get a a lot of bad thoughts. Then there are the gobblers, they steal children and cut their daemons away. Most of the characters in this book die.

I highly recommend this book to middle schoolers that like scientific fantasy fiction books. If you want to read the best page turner in the world you should definitely read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. This book was complimented by The New York Times, The chicago tribune, and The Los Angeles Times. Philip Pullman has also written many other books, two of them are called The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. It will knock your socks off!

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Anonymous

Posted May 15, 2008

A Great Book

Okay, everybody stop for three seconds and think about what you're doing. You want to censor books because you believe they contain an anti-God sentiment. First off you're going against the basic democratic ideas that people are entitiled to read anything they want. Secondly, it is a work of fiction it means nothing. Pullman's magestratium might look like a slam on religion, but the truth is that is how the Catholic Church acted for over 500 years. If you are too ignorant to accept that then you don't really know your faith. Just because it talks about going against the Church doesn't mean it's a bad book. If you are secure with your faith then you should be able to read a children's book. There is nothing wrong with questioning your religion every now and then, it should even confirm your beliefs. The book itself was excellent and I recommend reading the entire series.

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Anonymous

Posted January 20, 2008

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I don't understnad why people think The Chronicles of Narnia are better than this trilogy. Lewis is boring, the theme of the books uninteresting. Pullman, on the other hand, knows what he is doing, grabs the reader's attention, and holds on throughout the trilogy. The 'anti-Christian' thing is way overblown. I am a Catholic, and while I wouldn't reccomend these for young children, they are definitley worth reading. And as others have said, how strong can your faith be if you are afraid of a book or a movie? They simply express one man's views. They are exciting and well-written, and that's all that matters. I am 13, and if you think these books are boring or are not worth reading, you don't have a very high comprehension level! I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THESE BOOKS!

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His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass

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Philip Pullman

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I laugh at you all

I couldn't wait to get back to this book!

Add this to a list of books you read before you die!

A 'Subtle Knife' for a subtle sneak

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'christians' beware, ha!

Absolutely amazing! Favorite series!

Good, but for an older crowd

Promotes the idea that god is evil and you should fight against him.

YES!

Engrossing

Worthy of purchasing!

This was a book club selection and I wasn't particularly enthused about it initially so I borrowed the books from the library. After the first 20 or so pages, I thought "I've got to have this to keep." I promptly went to the book store a

Love the polar Bear

I wish Pulman had stopped with the Golden Compass - or at least halfway through the Subtle Knife.

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Adventure!

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A Great Book

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