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Article: All that's golden doesn't glitter: New Line's fantasy film The Golden Compass is a watered-down version of the first book in author Philip Pullman's blatantly anti-Christian His Dark Materials trilogy.(CULTURE WAR)
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- The New American
- Article date:
- December 24, 2007
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"There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book," British author Philip Pullman once proclaimed. Good storytelling, Pullman believes, is largely the province of children's, not adult, fiction, since, with the latter, "stories are there on sufferance. Other things are felt to be more important: technique, style, literary knowingness.... The present-day would-be George Eliots take up their stories as if with a pair of tongs. They're embarrassed by them. If they could write novels without stories in them, they would. Sometimes they do."
Those of us who still treat children's literature, ...
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Article: AS THE GOLDEN COMPASS HITS THE SILVER SCREEN, FRESH ...
The Sunday Herald;
December 2, 2007 ;
700+ words
... ... part of Philip Pullman's amazing His Dark Materials trilogy to her every night, mimicking ... the upcoming film adaptation of The Golden Compass (the film uses the American title ... hidden, but fantastic destiny. The Golden Compass takes her from an alternative England ...
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