The Republic of Heaven

In an interview which Philip Pullman did with random house recently he commented that he was working on the Book of Dust which would wrap up story lines from the first trilogy. He also mentioned that it would feature Lyra as a main character. Also, he mentioned that he had to take Lyra to the equivalent of our middle east. Didn't he say that he wasn't going to write about Lyra or Will because their stories were finnished?

Also, bad news. He also said that at last November he was only a quater the way through the book. He did say, however, that it was going to be a long, long book-so thats good.

Just a bit of news, sorry if someone got here first.

Can we have the link please, because it sounds very interesting.

But I thought that TBOD was about how Asriel met Coulter, how Serafina fell in love with Farder Korram and how Lee met Iorek. Wow, that's really interesting

Maybe it's Lyra being told the stories?

Yeh, sorry, should have given you the link. Its an interview with two other authors. I have only listened to the first part, so you never know, there may be more info.

Heres the link.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/3ps/

This ties in with the cruise brochure included with "Lyra's Oxford". There were some peculiarities in this which have been discussed elsewhere ....

that interview is a bit old..

That's interesting...

Maybe it's Lyra being told the stories?

Maybe it's about her trying to re-read the golden compass (can't spell the actual name of it for the life of me) and as she asks questions to improve her ability, she asks about people she knows and the stories are the compass' telling of it?

that interview is a bit old..

The poster did mention it was in November. I hadn't seen it before, though. Has it been on this site anywhere?

Intresting...looking foirward to it now...

Another 2 year thought, probably...

this is wrong, the book of dust and the new book featuring lyra are different, the book of dust is about all of the secondary characters, wheras the new book is all about a new adventure for lyra, so dont get them confused!

I'm pretty sure they're the same.

well im pretty sure they are different because pullman himself said the book of dust DOES not contain lyra or will, and this new book is a NEW adventure for lyra, not the other characters.

well im pretty sure they are different because pullman himself said the book of dust DOES not contain lyra or will, and this new book is a NEW adventure for lyra, not the other characters.

He said that a long time ago, when the BoD was intended to be a smaller text. Now its sort of grown...

Reamber hes also said it will be the last HDM book.

But I thought that TBOD was about how Asriel met Coulter, how Serafina fell in love with Farder Korram and how Lee met Iorek.

Not entirely, those are just several stories that will be featured in it. There'll be MUCH more than that, trust me.

I'm pretty sure they're the same.

I believe this was mentioned in the "BOD or HDM4" poll: there's supposed to be LO, a red book, BOD, and then a green book - not BOD, another story about Lyra or Will.

where was this poll really interested in learning about HDM4

where was this poll really interested in learning about HDM4

I wouldn't exactly call it HDM 4...

where was this poll really interested in learning about HDM4

I wouldn't exactly call it HDM 4...

yes, please don't call it hdm4. it's not a very descriptive acronymn, especially when other materials will contradict any sense of numbering. the going acronymn is tbod.

1. HDM4 sounds like a video game or a film 2. HDM 4 implies 4 sets of trilogies as HDM itself is a trilogy and 3. it will contain all the stories about how the side characters met, but will also include lyra aswell. There you go, sorted.