I've wanted His Dark Materials since last summer when I saw the series in Dublin. Twilight was priority then and I couldn't squeeze everything in my luggage. But Pullman's time came last week in Cologne.
I've started The Golden Compass and am reading happily along. It's got a sense of mystery to it which turns the pages, though the amount of detail gets me pausing from now and then, but I expect this will stop when I am better acquainted with the world of the book.
From my cursory internet research on Pullman and the trilogy, it seems to me that it's not pure fantasy; Pullman put quite a lot of science fiction in it. I'm not a huge science fiction fan generally, but we'll see.
What originally caught my attention was the daemon idea. I enjoyed The Golden Compass film as well. I hope there's more of daemon theory in the course of the plot.
I'm still not sure if Lyra is my type of character. I hope she is, because I like books better when I like the characters in them:)
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