The Republic of Heaven

Maybe everyone here already knows about this, but I don't see a thread.

I just found a blog dated 9/10/07 that PP has written a book about the early years of Lee and Iorek, long before the trilogy! I am so excited I could just change my daemon into a flying monkey!

Your not alone. I hav'nt heard of this either. Give me the blog name, the authou, their name and location. And change your Avitar into a flying monkey.

FLY, MY PRETTIES!! FLY!!!

i've created the new forum section here. i'm excited also... and we'll get the press release up as soon as it's available.

Your not alone. I hav'nt heard of this either. Give me the blog name, the authou, their name and location. And change your Avitar into a flying monkey.

FLY, MY PRETTIES!! FLY!!!

Well, there is, you know, the post on this very site: http://www.bridgetothestars.net/news/ne ... and-iorek/
But nobody bothers looking at the news page, do they? Myself included. My home page is the forum.

That is fantastically exciting. I actually am more excited about this than the Book of Dust, because at least I know more what this is about--and I love Lee and Iorek.

Hooray.

“When we see them for the first time with Lyra, Lee is not that old: he’s fifty, sixty, something like that

That should settle a few arguments.

“When we see them for the first time with Lyra, Lee is not that old: he’s fifty, sixty, something like that

That should settle a few arguments.

thus older than the jake gyllenhaal of a cowboy a lot of people were hoping for i remember.

Or that bloke from Lost. Just what I was thinking.

Interesting, the title "Once Upon a Time in the North" is an obvious homage to a Sergio Leone spaghetti western

"Once Upon a Time in the West (originally released in Italy in 1968 under the title C'era una volta il West) and released in USA May 1969, is an epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. Its critical acclaim was not immediately forthcoming yet it has matured into an undeniable classic.[1][2]

The film stars Henry Fonda unusually cast as the villain Frank, Charles Bronson as his nemesis "Harmonica", Jason Robards as the generally benign bandit Cheyenne, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly-widowed homesteader with a past (a prostitute), Jill.

It is the first part of a loose trilogy of epic, elegiac films that examine social and political issues from American history. It is followed by 1971's A Fistful of Dynamite (known alternatively as Once Upon a Time... The Revolution or Duck, You Sucker) and 1984's Once Upon a Time in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_ ... n_the_West

Of course, Scoreby is supposed to be a "Cowboy of the Sky", so the link is appropriate, bu the mind still boggles at what Leone, Brosnon (Will) and Cardinale (Lyra) would have made of HDM.

http://www.wildeast.net/spaghettiwestern.htm

http://www.search.com/reference/Spaghetti_Western

Interesting, the title "Once Upon a Time in the North" is an obvious homage to a Sergio Leone spaghetti western

"Once Upon a Time in the West (originally released in Italy in 1968 under the title C'era una volta il West) and released in USA May 1969, is an epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. Its critical acclaim was not immediately forthcoming yet it has matured into an undeniable classic.[1][2]

The film stars Henry Fonda unusually cast as the villain Frank, Charles Bronson as his nemesis "Harmonica", Jason Robards as the generally benign bandit Cheyenne, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly-widowed homesteader with a past (a prostitute), Jill.

It is the first part of a loose trilogy of epic, elegiac films that examine social and political issues from American history. It is followed by 1971's A Fistful of Dynamite (known alternatively as Once Upon a Time... The Revolution or Duck, You Sucker) and 1984's Once Upon a Time in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_ ... n_the_West

Of course, Scoreby is supposed to be a "Cowboy of the Sky", so the link is appropriate, bu the mind still boggles at what Leone, Brosnon (Will) and Cardinale (Lyra) would have made of HDM.

http://www.wildeast.net/spaghettiwestern.htm

http://www.search.com/reference/Spaghetti_Western

Philip Pullman + Epic Western = Awesome book

This is so exciting!

What a great discovery on my return to the forum! How exciting.

This book will be an interesting read and I will get it but I don't get what is it with these small books, that can be read in one sitting. A great trilogy like HDM deserves to have proper novel length sequels and prequels. Considering how long its taking to write the BOD you’re half expecting it to be as big as all three HDM books combined, maybe bigger.

He could have just put them all into one big novel of short storys.

Might i add that this is increasingly becoming like LOTR in that Pullman is writing more books of the same world rather than the first characters storyline. You may remember the Silmarillion but thats more of a history of middle earth. There is also the book of Unfinished Tales

He could have just put them all into one big novel of short storys.

Might i add that this is increasingly becoming like LOTR in that Pullman is writing more books of the same world rather than the first characters storyline. You may remember the Silmarillion but thats more of a history of middle earth. There is also the book of Unfinished Tales

the Silmarillion was great but i hope theBoD isnt like that

Very intresting...

I have to say I'm suprised by this. i hoped the BoD would be the last HDMverse book.

EXCITEMENT!! THIS IS AWESOME. One thing i think i would like to know more about though is the Galivespians, where they're from, what their world is like, everything like that, that would be cool. bu i guess there are many things that many different people want to hear about i guess.

Oh, more about the Gallivespians would be AWESOME. But I'm super psyched about this book, too. Iorek and Lee Scoresby are two of my favorite characters. I'm going to love reading more about them.

I want another book about Will, he's my favourite character!

So is this book already out or... what?