Philip Pullman wins the Carnegie of Carnegie 70th anniversary for the brilliant first instalment of the His Dark Materials trilogy:
The opening book of His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman's epic trilogy of wonder and love, won the supreme accolade in its field last night. Northern Lights was declared the finest children's book of the past 70 years, handsomely topping a readers' poll as the best winner of the annual Carnegie medal published in that time.
talking polar bearsnever did it for me, ted. but i liked the alternative oxford and want one of those totem animal things ...
ReplyDeleteI loved everything about it, including the talking polar bears. I thought they were cute in their armour! I was very disappointed Pullman took the story away from that world in the following books.
ReplyDeleteI actually liked how the story became increasingly large-scale towards the end.
ReplyDeleteAnd the last book, ahhh, so heart wrenching and romantic!
I don't even remember exactly what happened in the third book now, except for those wheel creatures appearing, and Lyra's "split" from Pantelaimon.
ReplyDeleteI think a reread is in order. Perhaps I'll like it more this time!