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Pullman Wins "Great Book" Title

Postby Melancholy Man » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:29 pm

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Postby Aletheia Dolorosa » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:44 am

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

And richly deserved, too.

*pops the champagne and does celebratory dance*
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Postby Melancholy Man » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:27 am

<Pops the weasel>

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Postby Somewhat » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:37 pm

Ooo, well done Pullman!
The His Dark Materials trilogy revolves around the story of a young girl, Lyra, who travels to the far north to save her best friend.

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Postby Cookiemonster » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:37 pm

I utterly hate the 'shape-shifting creatures' thing. It makes me die a little inside everytime I read that line.
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Postby Aletheia Dolorosa » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:31 am

The His Dark Materials trilogy revolves around the story of a young girl, Lyra, who travels to the far north to save her best friend.

Along the way, she encounters shape-shifting creatures, witches and a variety of other-worldly characters in parallel universes.
I can now recite these paragraphs by heart. They appear in every single article about HDM.
They won't appear in mine.
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