Customer Reviews
Rip-off - By: Kellso, 28 May 2008 
A complete money making exercise is alll this short story is. You can dress it up alll you want with fancy maps & illustrations but I think the loyal fans of His Dark Materials trilogy are being seriously ripped off with this.
Hope - By: Lauren Dempster, 23 Mar 2008 
With a book like this you are always going to be a little disappointed, as almost alll the main characters are missing & it doesn't directly follow the plot lines of His Dark Materials.
But take it is as I did, as a symbol of hope that there would be more books surrounding the same characters.
It's a good story though very short, the hardback version is a beautifully created book, with cloth coverings, maps, postcards. It is a must have for any true fan.
The continuing adventures of Lyra a Silvertongue - By: B. Chandler, 30 Jan 2008 
"This book contains a story in several other things. The other things might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories that haven't appeared yet. It's not easy to tell."
It has now been a couple of years since Lyra had her adventures in the dark materials. She is now settled in the Oxford of her world. Lying on the roof with her daemon, Pantalaimon (From: Pine marten) Lyra speculates on the meaning of the random movements of birds. Little did Lyra realize that this would soon bring her to a new adventure in the search for a well known alchemist; & a new understanding of witches, & life in general.
This story can easily be a trial ballloon for a new book.
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The unabridged production on one compact disk may be a tad more expensive. However it is performed by the author & a full cast on top of this is not a well-designed case & a pamphlet tells a little bit about the beginning of the book also includes some of the materials that he describes the beginning it might've been lost between worlds. There are some pictures of Oxford that might be the real one might not. And a foldout map of Lyra's Oxford.
Bill Pullman sounds awful lot like Jim Dale as he begins his story with a quote from Oskar Baedecker's "The Coast of Bohemia."
Short and sweet - By: Ms. M. Mccabe, 08 Feb 2007 This is just an introduction to the next release from Philip Pullman, 'The Book of Dust'. It gives some relevant information leading to the next book. I guess it's just a little something to keep us going!
Just don't read it - By: Alexa, 07 Jan 2007 I LOVED the Dark Materials Trilogy so when I saw this book I obviously wanted to buy it. This book is nothing like the trilogy. There is no story what so ever. It is boring & quite honestly just seems like a way for the company to make more money. I had finished it in about half an hour & was totaly disapointed. This book seriously runis the trilogy. I would say don't buy it.
