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HIS DARK MATERIALS prequel/sequel trilogy out this year Pullman has expanded a planned companion book into a full trilogy

#1 Werthead

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 01:14 AM

Well, that just happened.

Philip Pullman has written (and possibly completed) The Book of Dust, a prequel and sequel trilogy to His Dark Materials. It starts with Lyra as a baby and explores how she ended up at Oxford, and then jumps forward to 30 years after the original trilogy. Pullman has indicated that numerous other characters from the first trilogy will return and the focus will be on a confrontation between totalitarianism and liberty.

This started off as a very modest companion book/short story collection over a decade ago, but it sounds like the story grew in the telling.

Book 1 will be out in October.

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 01:31 AM

Rad, that sounds exciting. If I reread anything this year it'll have to be HDM.

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 03:25 AM

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 09:27 AM

Conflicted on this. I couldn't finish the first trilogy.

I really liked the first book, hated the second one and couldn't get myself to finish the third even though the premise was bonkers enough to keep me reading way past any real interest in the ending.

If it focuses on Lyra and can stop itself from focusing on POVs with no charm, I sort of want to get in on this. Lyra was a wonderful character in the first book.

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 09:35 AM

Man, that third book... some things had happened in my life that led me to absolutely break down when reading the ending to that book...

I would need to reread the series to pick this up... not sure if I can...

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 11:29 AM

This is fantastic news!Loved the first trilogy!

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 01:10 PM

To this day my favourite series from my childhood. It was the last book my parents read aloud to me. I can get behind anything HDM, I don't care if it's good or not, I'm reading it.