Dark Materials
 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) List Price: Sale Price: $21.80 You save: $13.20 (38%)  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days  |
 The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $7.07 You save: $15.88 (69%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
 The Subtle Knife, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 2)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $10.95 You save: $12.04 (52%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
 The Amber Spyglass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 3)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $12.87 You save: $10.12 (44%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
Which book of the His Dark Materials trilogy is your favorite?
Warning: if you haven't read these books, there may be spoilers contained in this question and the answers.
While I love the Golden Compass for introducing Lyra's world and the Subtle Knife for introducing Will, there's just something about the Amber Spyglass that I find to be a notch above the rest. It was so moving and bittersweet, and has the most moving scene in the entire series. (In my opinion, that's the escape from Hades.) Which is your favorite.
The Amber spyglass is generally considered the worst of the three books.
The fate of worlds is in the hands of Lyra, and she decides that she has to go to the world of the dead. It comes off as selfish.
And their childish romance changes the universe so that dust no longer blows away??? Why??
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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) List Price: Sale Price: $21.80 You save: $13.20 (38%) |
DescriptionThe only hardcover omnibus of the best-selling and award-winning fantasy trilogy, in a Contemporary Classics edition. Philip Pullman's trilogy is a masterpiece that transcends genre and appeals to readers of all ages... |
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The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $7.07 You save: $15.88 (69%) |
DescriptionSome books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults... |
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The Subtle Knife, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 2)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $10.95 You save: $12.04 (52%) |
DescriptionWith The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon... |
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The Amber Spyglass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 3)(Rough-cut) List Price: Sale Price: $12.87 You save: $10.12 (44%) |
DescriptionFrom the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between... |
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His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) List Price: Sale Price: $33.00 You save: $27.00 (45%) |
DescriptionIn the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. Dæmons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first... |
