http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2007/12/pullman_01.php Comments on Pullman, Philip: (01) The Golden Compass en Copyright 2008 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:47:43 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss David Tate wrote on December 10, 2007 at 12:15 PM: <p><i>which puts me in the odd position of not recommending this book, for all that it's excellent</i></p> <p>I've been wondering about that. I have not read these, and my impression from what I've read about them is that I would probably enjoy the first one very much, and would probably seriously regret having read the third.</p> <p>Can you offer an opinion about how well it would work to simply read the first one and then stop?</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2007/12/pullman_01.php#c95407 Kate wrote on December 10, 2007 at 12:47 PM: <p>How do you feel about cliffhangers?</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2007/12/pullman_01.php#c95409 David Tate wrote on December 10, 2007 at 4:41 PM: <p><i>How do you feel about cliffhangers?</i></p> <p>Carefully, making no sudden movements and taking care not to tickle.</p> <p>Feh. No, I require more closure than that. I take it the trilogy is really one long story -- like <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>, as opposed to (say) <i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i>?</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2007/12/pullman_01.php#c95430 Kate wrote on December 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM: <p>Definitely more like _LotR_ than _Narnia_.</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2007/12/pullman_01.php#c95431