Philip Pullman's masterful Dark Materials Trilogy has become quite the phenomenom recently, and with good reason. I was delighted to discover such a complex and intricately imagined series. Our hero and heroine, Will and Lyra, are brave and compassionate but not without flaws, and our villains are devious and frightening while remaining human. I applaud Philip Pullman for adding such a multi-facted and complete world to our mythologies.
I've imagined a scene from somewhere in the second volume, The Subtle Knife, featuring Will, Lyra, Pantalaimon, and Iorek Byrnison, King of the Armored Bears. This image is unfortunately a little washed out and uneven -- the shadows cast when this photo was taken were difficult to get around. |
