Dark Matter

Dark Matter: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Philip Pullman was published on 22 September 2004. Response has been very positive from readers and the few reviewers who ever saw a copy. Unfortunately, it fell foul of major changes in the way Damaris books were published and distributed so it had virtually no marketing. You [...]

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A few useful websites on Pullman

There’s stacks of stuff on His Dark Materials on the web. What I’ve realised during my research is that a lot of it is recycled endlessly round loads of sites – including mistakes. Some of the stuff around is innacurate or poorly thought out, some just trivial. And some is fabulous! These are a [...]

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More on the book

Here’s an outline of what the book will include:

Part 1: Chapters about Philip Pullman, the influences on him, etc., and chapters about the three volumes of His Dark Materials.

Part 2: Chapters about the big philosophical and theological themes which Pullman explores.

Since it’s a ‘thinking fan’s guide’ it will be both enthusiastic [...]

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Philip Pullman book

True to my word, here I am telling you a little about the book I’m writing on Pullman. The focus, of course, will be on his magnum opus, His Dark Materials. It will be the second in a series of ‘thinking fan’s guides’ from Damaris Publishing. I was a contributor to the first book, [...]

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