Phillip Pulman? - Page 5

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-08-2003, 04:23 PM

Okay, when you say "Lye-ra", that looks to me like "Lyeh-rah". Do you mean the "y" is pronounced "ai" as in "Ai, a Balrog?", or what?

Elf Girl · 04-08-2003, 04:37 PM

I did meen Lye-ra as in Ai, ai, a Balrog.

BoP: But Pan isn't a complete identity... *decides not to argue* But whatever.

As for the love thing, I don't think it was "added" excactly, as I said, the whole series was leading up to it.

Agalayth · 04-08-2003, 04:54 PM

Yes, I do agree with that. It does lead up to that, but I think it was a little out of place. It wasn't that bad, but as someone stated earlier, Lyra seems pretty young for a relationship to be so intense.

Tanoliel · 04-12-2003, 02:07 PM

I think Pan is an identity of his own, and i like him lots.

Pullman pronouced "Lie ra" when he came to Seattle...at least i remember it so. i always said it like that anyway...

Belle · 04-13-2003, 08:19 AM

I think the relationship between them is lovely because they are o young... it's kinda innocent and special. It's also first love, which is always the one that stays with you forever.

Linaewen · 04-13-2003, 10:35 AM

I loved the ending of the series. Very bittersweet, but I really like a lot of sad endings (No need to state my favourite ending). It nearly made me cry, that they couldn't be together. I love them both so much.

I say it Leer-a, maybe like how some of you do but I can't tell from the way you have written it in your posts.

Agalayth · 04-20-2003, 11:41 PM

I actually did cry at the end of it... (Yes, I'm very emotional when it comes to sad books). I think you used the perfect word to describe the ending: Bittersweet.

Lief Erikson · 04-21-2003, 12:54 AM

I don't often cry at the ends of sad books, and I didn't cry at the end of this one. But I also found the end of that trilogy extremely sad. Surprising, definitely, and very sad. I actually think my opinion at the end was that I liked the ending a lot because it surprised me so much. Stereotype or expectable things aren't so interesting, even when the unexpected thing is bad. Just so long is the unexpected thing isn't illogical, I tend to like it.

BeardofPants · 04-21-2003, 03:00 AM

See, maybe I would have found the ending sad if I had felt that those feelings that they had for each other were appropriate for their ages, but it simply didn't wash with me. I wasn't even interested in boys when I was 12, let alone enough that I would happen to stumble across my soul-mate! Plus, there wasn't that much of a build up towards these feelings, so it kinda seemed like it came out of left field.

Aragorn_of_the_west · 04-21-2003, 04:56 AM

I simple loved the sieries- once i started, I couldnt stop- i also liked the sad ending were they cant stay together.
But i especially liked the parts( in the third book) were it is told about Mary and the Mulefa- really cool.

does anybody know of other good books that Pullman wrote?

Aragorn_of_the_west · 04-21-2003, 05:01 AM

I pronuonce Lyra's name like this: Lie-ra.

I remember it said in the third book that No-name yelled Lyra's name in a way that it sounded like she was yelling:' Lier!' and 'Lyra!' as one name, so the names have to be similar. thats my opinion anyway.

Linaewen · 04-21-2003, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aragorn_of_the_west

does anybody know of other good books that Pullman wrote?

I was going to read his other books, but they appear to be mystery/crime-ish so I didn't. I can't remember what they are called, but.

Aragorn_of_the_west · 04-21-2003, 08:21 AM

oh, well in that case, never mind, thanks anyway.
i just thought that he would have more adventure/ fantisy things, apperantly not.

Tanoliel · 04-21-2003, 03:12 PM

The Ruby in the Smoke, Tiger in the Well, and another that goes in between those and makes it a trilogy.
They are mystery crimish, but they are also very good--get them from a library and try them, you could be suprised.

tano

Elf Girl · 04-21-2003, 06:32 PM

I still don't like them. *mutterings about stupid sensational nonsense*

Aragorn_of_the_west · 04-22-2003, 06:13 AM

Maybe I could- thanks for the advise anyway.
Im not sure i have them in the library- im gonna have to check.
*looks up library opening times*, maybe next week, when it will be open

.

Agalayth · 04-23-2003, 11:40 AM

I read a very good Pullman book called Count Carlstein. It's very interesting because the narrators in the book are the characters, and the narrator changes each chapter. I really liked that book.

LadyGreenleaf22 · 05-05-2003, 08:54 PM

I really enjoyed His Dark Materials! They were so imaginative, and kept me entranced through the whole series! The ending was great although very heart-wrenching!

Linaewen · 05-07-2003, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LadyGreenleaf22
I really enjoyed His Dark Materials! They were so imaginative, and kept me entranced through the whole series! The ending was great although very heart-wrenching!

I agree, though I would say it was great because it was very heart wrenching.

LadyGreenleaf22 · 05-07-2003, 09:21 PM

true true!

04-08-2003, 04:23 PM	#81
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Okay, when you say "Lye-ra", that looks to me like "Lyeh-rah". Do you mean the "y" is pronounced "ai" as in "Ai, a Balrog?", or what? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-08-2003, 04:37 PM	#82
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I did meen Lye-ra as in Ai, ai, a Balrog. BoP: But Pan isn't a complete identity... decides not to argue But whatever. As for the love thing, I don't think it was "added" excactly, as I said, the whole series was leading up to it. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-08-2003, 04:54 PM	#83
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	Yes, I do agree with that. It does lead up to that, but I think it was a little out of place. It wasn't that bad, but as someone stated earlier, Lyra seems pretty young for a relationship to be so intense. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

04-12-2003, 02:07 PM	#84
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	I think Pan is an identity of his own, and i like him lots. Pullman pronouced "Lie ra" when he came to Seattle...at least i remember it so. i always said it like that anyway... __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

04-13-2003, 08:19 AM	#85
Belle Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Essex! Posts: 72	I think the relationship between them is lovely because they are o young... it's kinda innocent and special. It's also first love, which is always the one that stays with you forever. __________________ You made me that much stronger Made me work a little bit harder Made me that much wiser So thanks for making me a fighter Made me learn a little bit faster Made my skin a little bit thicker Made me that much smarter So thanks for making me a fighter

04-13-2003, 10:35 AM	#86
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	I loved the ending of the series. Very bittersweet, but I really like a lot of sad endings (No need to state my favourite ending). It nearly made me cry, that they couldn't be together. I love them both so much. I say it Leer-a, maybe like how some of you do but I can't tell from the way you have written it in your posts.

04-20-2003, 11:41 PM	#87
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	I actually did cry at the end of it... (Yes, I'm very emotional when it comes to sad books). I think you used the perfect word to describe the ending: Bittersweet. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

04-21-2003, 12:54 AM	#88
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I don't often cry at the ends of sad books, and I didn't cry at the end of this one. But I also found the end of that trilogy extremely sad. Surprising, definitely, and very sad. I actually think my opinion at the end was that I liked the ending a lot because it surprised me so much. Stereotype or expectable things aren't so interesting, even when the unexpected thing is bad. Just so long is the unexpected thing isn't illogical, I tend to like it.

04-21-2003, 03:00 AM	#89
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	See, maybe I would have found the ending sad if I had felt that those feelings that they had for each other were appropriate for their ages, but it simply didn't wash with me. I wasn't even interested in boys when I was 12, let alone enough that I would happen to stumble across my soul-mate! Plus, there wasn't that much of a build up towards these feelings, so it kinda seemed like it came out of left field. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-21-2003, 04:56 AM	#90
Aragorn_of_the_west Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 56	I simple loved the sieries- once i started, I couldnt stop- i also liked the sad ending were they cant stay together. But i especially liked the parts( in the third book) were it is told about Mary and the Mulefa- really cool. does anybody know of other good books that Pullman wrote? __________________ "There are few left in Middle-Earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn.The race of Kings from over the sea is nearly at an end. Copy and past the URL and press continue: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=437705

04-21-2003, 05:01 AM	#91
Aragorn_of_the_west Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 56	I pronuonce Lyra's name like this: Lie-ra. I remember it said in the third book that No-name yelled Lyra's name in a way that it sounded like she was yelling:' Lier!' and 'Lyra!' as one name, so the names have to be similar. thats my opinion anyway. __________________ "There are few left in Middle-Earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn.The race of Kings from over the sea is nearly at an end. Copy and past the URL and press continue: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=437705

04-21-2003, 08:21 AM	#93
Aragorn_of_the_west Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 56	oh, well in that case, never mind, thanks anyway. i just thought that he would have more adventure/ fantisy things, apperantly not. __________________ "There are few left in Middle-Earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn.The race of Kings from over the sea is nearly at an end. Copy and past the URL and press continue: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=437705

04-21-2003, 03:12 PM	#94
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	The Ruby in the Smoke, Tiger in the Well, and another that goes in between those and makes it a trilogy. They are mystery crimish, but they are also very good--get them from a library and try them, you could be suprised. tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

04-21-2003, 06:32 PM	#95
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I still don't like them. mutterings about stupid sensational nonsense __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-22-2003, 06:13 AM	#96
Aragorn_of_the_west Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 56	Maybe I could- thanks for the advise anyway. Im not sure i have them in the library- im gonna have to check. looks up library opening times, maybe next week, when it will be open . __________________ "There are few left in Middle-Earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn.The race of Kings from over the sea is nearly at an end. Copy and past the URL and press continue: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=437705

04-23-2003, 11:40 AM	#97
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	I read a very good Pullman book called Count Carlstein. It's very interesting because the narrators in the book are the characters, and the narrator changes each chapter. I really liked that book. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

05-05-2003, 08:54 PM	#98
LadyGreenleaf22 Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 35	I really enjoyed His Dark Materials! They were so imaginative, and kept me entranced through the whole series! The ending was great although very heart-wrenching! __________________ ~LadyGreenleaf "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused"

05-07-2003, 09:21 PM	#100
LadyGreenleaf22 Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 35	true true! __________________ ~LadyGreenleaf "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused"

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