Wow. I just finished reading "The Golden Compass" and was rather undone by it. I had been put off by the "His Dark Materials" series title, which sounds slightly demonic, but if I was way more classically literate, I might have known it to be a quote from Milton's Paradise Lost referring to the stuff God makes worlds out of. If I was more literate in general I might not use so many ugly commas in my sentences.
At any rate, do read this book. It's not average. I need to get my hands on the next two...but first, I have to finish that book on worldviews and write a nice little paper on it. I did get very far in the reading of it last night, finally, and got past the part where the authors' tone had been making me yell and slam the book shut every five paragraphs. Not that the content was really objectionable at all - I just reacted to the writing style in about the same way I did to Thomas Friedman's, only quicker. Ugh.
"Just thinking about it give me the jibblies."
aw, I liked Friedman, what I read of him anyway. And yes, you have to get your hands on the other two books.
Posted by: linnea at 08.02.05 20:05Yes, you would like redundant, pompous, if-I-state-it-intelligently-enough-I'm-not-an-alarmist-did-I-fool-you? types, wouldn't you?
=)
Posted by: tuggy at 08.02.05 20:08Hi Allegria! Yes, 'tis Marzipan of ABE--thanks for checking out my blog! :) Also am pleased to read your own rumminations about literature--will visit often. Blessings!
Posted by: Christina at 08.05.05 00:09