Mark Reads The Amber Spyglass - with BTTS
PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:34 pm
Please note: the individual weekly MarkReads topics have now been merged into one.
Welcome to the first weekly thread for Mark Reads The Amber Spyglass! This thread will cover the first five chapters of the third instalment of our favourite trilogy.
This thread will include our sparkly Mark Reads The Amber Spyglass banner (see above), chapter summaries for each of the first five chapters, discussion questions and whatever else you wish for. SPOILERS ARE ALLOWED, so you can discuss what Mark has yet to see in The Amber Spyglass to your heart’s content. For those of you who haven't yet finished the book, we advise that you stick to the Mark Reads website.
Happy posting!
Chapter Summaries
[spoiler="Chapter 1 - The Enchanted Sleeper"]Mrs. Coulter is keeping Lyra asleep in a cave in the Himalayas of Lyra’s own world. A little servant girl named Ama brings her food and she tells Ama that Lyra has been put into an enchanted sleep. Lyra dreams she is speaking to Roger.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 2 - Balthamos and Baruch"]Back in the world of Ci’gazze, Will and two angels, Balthamos and Baruch, argue over what to do. They insist that Will come with them, but Will says he has to find Lyra. Baruch flies ahead to look for her. Will and Balthamos enter Lyra’s, Balthamos agreeing to pretend to be Will’s daemon. Baruch returns, having discovered where Mrs. Coulter is holding Lyra. They are attacked by Metatron, escape into a different world, and agree that Baruch will go to inform Lord Asriel and send help. Balthamos stays with Will.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 3 - Scavengers"]Back in Lyra’s world, Serafina Pekkala informs Iorek Byrnison of Lee Scoresby’s death before travelling to find the Gyptians. Iorek travels to the world in which Lee died and feasts on the Aeronaut’s body. The changes in the world caused by the bridge Lord Asriel made into the Ci’gazze mean that the Arctic Ice has begun to melt and Iorek decides to charter a ship and go south, to look for another place for his panserbjorne to live.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 4 - Ama and the Bats"]Ama decides to figure out a way to wake Lyra up, not knowing that Lyra is asleep at the hands of Mrs Coulter. She gets a special powder from a local healer and brings it to the cave, but Mrs Coulter is nowhere to be found. While hiding, Ama sees that Mrs. Coulter is keeping the Lyra asleep, and she runs away in fear.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 5 - The Adamant Tower"]Baruch reaches Lord Asriel’s fortress and informs him about of the things he discussed with Will and Balthamos in the previous chapter, as well as the existence of the subtle knife and Will’s ownership of it, the friendship between Will and Lyra, and the relationship between Will and Stanislaus Grumman, but then dies. The Gallivespians are introduced for the first time, with the spy-captain Lord Roke.[/spoiler]
For those of you coming over from Mark Reads, registering for our forum is simple and doesn't take long! Please note that we don't allow usernames that are characters from His Dark Materials.
Welcome to the first weekly thread for Mark Reads The Amber Spyglass! This thread will cover the first five chapters of the third instalment of our favourite trilogy.
This thread will include our sparkly Mark Reads The Amber Spyglass banner (see above), chapter summaries for each of the first five chapters, discussion questions and whatever else you wish for. SPOILERS ARE ALLOWED, so you can discuss what Mark has yet to see in The Amber Spyglass to your heart’s content. For those of you who haven't yet finished the book, we advise that you stick to the Mark Reads website.
Happy posting!
Chapter Summaries
[spoiler="Chapter 1 - The Enchanted Sleeper"]Mrs. Coulter is keeping Lyra asleep in a cave in the Himalayas of Lyra’s own world. A little servant girl named Ama brings her food and she tells Ama that Lyra has been put into an enchanted sleep. Lyra dreams she is speaking to Roger.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 2 - Balthamos and Baruch"]Back in the world of Ci’gazze, Will and two angels, Balthamos and Baruch, argue over what to do. They insist that Will come with them, but Will says he has to find Lyra. Baruch flies ahead to look for her. Will and Balthamos enter Lyra’s, Balthamos agreeing to pretend to be Will’s daemon. Baruch returns, having discovered where Mrs. Coulter is holding Lyra. They are attacked by Metatron, escape into a different world, and agree that Baruch will go to inform Lord Asriel and send help. Balthamos stays with Will.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 3 - Scavengers"]Back in Lyra’s world, Serafina Pekkala informs Iorek Byrnison of Lee Scoresby’s death before travelling to find the Gyptians. Iorek travels to the world in which Lee died and feasts on the Aeronaut’s body. The changes in the world caused by the bridge Lord Asriel made into the Ci’gazze mean that the Arctic Ice has begun to melt and Iorek decides to charter a ship and go south, to look for another place for his panserbjorne to live.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 4 - Ama and the Bats"]Ama decides to figure out a way to wake Lyra up, not knowing that Lyra is asleep at the hands of Mrs Coulter. She gets a special powder from a local healer and brings it to the cave, but Mrs Coulter is nowhere to be found. While hiding, Ama sees that Mrs. Coulter is keeping the Lyra asleep, and she runs away in fear.[/spoiler][spoiler="Chapter 5 - The Adamant Tower"]Baruch reaches Lord Asriel’s fortress and informs him about of the things he discussed with Will and Balthamos in the previous chapter, as well as the existence of the subtle knife and Will’s ownership of it, the friendship between Will and Lyra, and the relationship between Will and Stanislaus Grumman, but then dies. The Gallivespians are introduced for the first time, with the spy-captain Lord Roke.[/spoiler]
For those of you coming over from Mark Reads, registering for our forum is simple and doesn't take long! Please note that we don't allow usernames that are characters from His Dark Materials.