The Collectors: His Dark Materials Story (Kindle Single)

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Lord Asriel, ostensibly Lyra's uncle, is actually her father. He opens a rift between the worlds in his pursuit of Dust. His dream of establishing a Republic of Heaven leads him to use his power to raise a grand army from across the multiverse to rise up in rebellion against the forces of the Church. Mary Malone, is a physicist and former nun from Will's world. She meets Lyra during Lyra's first visit to Will's world. Lyra provides Mary with insight into the nature of Dust. Agents of the Church force Mary to flee to the world of the Mulefa. There she constructs the amber spyglass, which enables her to see the otherwise invisible Dust. Her purpose is to learn why Dust, which Mulefa civilisation depends on, is flowing out of the universe. Fra Pavel Rašek is an alethiometrist of the Consistorial Court of Discipline, but a sluggish reader of the device. Pauli, Michelle (21 June 2007). "Pullman wins 'Carnegie of Carnegies' ". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 4 May 2010.

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The dominant religion has parallels with Christianity. [6] The Church (governed by the "Magisterium", the same name as the authority of the Catholic Church) exerts a strong control over society and has some of the appearance and organisation of the Catholic Church, but one in which the centre of power had moved from Rome to Geneva, moved there by Pullman's fictional "Pope John Calvin" ( Geneva was the home of the historical John Calvin). [7] This short story is about two art collectors recounting an intriguing tale about a young Marisa Coulter. Philip Pullman is one of the most well-loved and admired British authors of the last few decades. He has written numerous novels for both adults and children, most notably the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy. The Collectors, written exclusively for Audible, serves as a great introduction to this series, while revealing a little something extra to fans of Lyra and her world. Near Bolvangar, the Gobbler research station, Lyra finds an abandoned child who has been cut from his dæmon; the Gobblers are experimenting on children by severing the bond between human and dæmon, a procedure called intercision.His Dark Materials". HBO. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020 . Retrieved 28 October 2019. But the thing is,’ said Horley, ‘they didn’t know each other at all. Never heard of each other. It wasn’t about the makers. Only about the works.’ In this darkly delicious tale, internationally acclaimed author Philip Pullman invites readers to meet the mysterious girl who will one day become the sinister Mrs. Coulter. Pullman earlier proposed to name the series The Golden Compasses, also a reference to Paradise Lost, [10] where they denote God's circle-drawing instrument used to establish and set the bounds of all creation: Serpentine – Short story. Lyra and Pan return to the town of Trollesund in the North in search of answers to a most urgent question.

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His Dark Materials". BBC Radio 4. Arts and Drama. BBC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. One distinctive aspect of Pullman's story is the presence of " dæmons" (pronounced "demon"). In the birth-universe of the story's protagonist Lyra Belacqua, a human individual's inner-self [12] manifests itself throughout life as an animal-shaped "dæmon" that almost always stays near its human counterpart. During the childhood of its associated human, a dæmon can change its animal shape at will, but with the onset of adolescence it settles into a fixed, final animal form.The Collectors was Audible’s Christmas gift to its members in 2014 and I was intrigued by it because of the narrator primarily. Bill Nighy is a reknowned actor and I though an audiobook by him would be an interesting listen. His Dark Materials: Gift Edition– A special edition featuring all three titles in the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. An old painting of a young woman is inexplicably linked to a statue of a terrifying monkey, and all who try to separate the two fall victim to some truly terrible accidents. Or so the rumors say... With the audiobook being just 32 minutes long, the characters were not very developed but the plot kept me engaged throughout. To be honest, I wish this was longer because the mystery involved could be expanded and explained a little more.