The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass is perhaps my favourite book of all time, and I’m really looking forward to the movie version, which is being released on December 7th.  I can’t imagine enjoying a movie more than a book, but I’m interested to see the special effects and how the story is wrapped-up (the book ended with a cliff-hanger, and I can’t imagine the movie being that way).  There’s already a beautiful website available for the movie (kudos to the designer), and it allows you to complete a questionaire to be assigned a “daemon”, a critical aspect of life as a human in the parallel universe of “The Golden Compass”.  I did the quiz for a daemon last week, and was assigned a gibbon named “Skaete”.  However, my email code for it didn’t arrive, so I just went and did the quiz again.  I was a bit surprised because I again was assigned a gibbon, but this time his name is “Gabriel”.  So here you go… the traits attributed to me make me seem just about perfect.  If only it was true!

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 07/08 at 04:23 AM

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  1. I’m very interested in this story.  Somehow, I completely missed reading this series growing up and now I’m sort of torn as to whether I should read the series prior to watching the movie or if I should wait till after I’e seen the movie.

    Posted by prajantr  on  07/09  at  05:17 AM

  2. I remember reading this book in manuscript many, many years ago for a movie company and being 1) completely enthralled and 2) convinced it would cost a gazillion dollars to make.  This is one reason to be grateful to computers and the wizards of CGI.  Now let’s pray to the storytelling gods that they don’t mess this up.

    Posted by Martha  on  07/09  at  12:38 PM

  3. I’ve never heard of this book (these books?) and now I will have to look for it (them?). Thank you.

    My Daemon is Eamon, the tiger. Modest, assertive, responsible, solitary and shy.

    Posted by Diana  on  07/09  at  04:30 PM

  4. I love the books, too.  They just amazed me when I read them, how philosophically challenging and not “for-kids” they were.  With all the uproar over the “witchcraft” in Harry Potter, I’m surprised His Dark Materials didn’t get much notice from the crazy conservatives.

    Posted by Nancy  on  07/11  at  08:26 AM

  5. Oh, trust me, Pullman’s gotten his share...he’s very ANTI C.S. Lewis.  Google him and you’ll find some heat.

    Posted by Martha  on  07/11  at  10:00 AM

  6. Prajantr and Diana, you should read the books before seeing the movie.  I really can’t imagine the movie will come close to capturing the feeling of the books, but I can’t wait to see all the special effects.  Also, you should just go ahead and buy the entire set of three books (it’s called, “His Dark Materials”, and is $15 at Amazon), because each book ends with a cliffhanger which transitions to the next.  I felt very lucky that I discovered these books after all three were published, as the wait between volumes must have been terrible!

    I do feel there was a drop in quality with the third book, but that might just be a personal preference.  When I finished reading it I felt such a sense of “loss” over leaving the world and characters that the author had built, and I’m always hoping a fourth book might materialize.  It’s been rumoured for a few years (and even given a tentative title, “The Book of Dust"), but I don’t know if it will ever be a reality.  The author has a blog and says he’s working on notes for the book, but it’s coming along very slowly.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  07/11  at  01:12 PM
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