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!
OUATITN: A new book about Iorek and Lee Scoresby!
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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!!!
FLY, MY PRETTIES!! FLY!!!
"Who owns this house?"
"Im looking after it for Lord Elpous"
"(Lord Help us!) Will he be gone long?"
"Quite a while i should think, they buried him this morning"
"Oh dear what was the matter?"
"He'd been lying on his back for three days."
"Well that doesnt neccessarily mean a mans dead"
"Aha, this time it did. He was on the bottom of the lake"
"Im looking after it for Lord Elpous"
"(Lord Help us!) Will he be gone long?"
"Quite a while i should think, they buried him this morning"
"Oh dear what was the matter?"
"He'd been lying on his back for three days."
"Well that doesnt neccessarily mean a mans dead"
"Aha, this time it did. He was on the bottom of the lake"
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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.
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Well, there is, you know, the post on this very site: http://www.bridgetothestars.net/news/ne ... and-iorek/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!!!
But nobody bothers looking at the news page, do they? Myself included. My home page is the forum.
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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.
Hooray.
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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
Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts’ deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, not at all. Each time they go from our sight we in our secret hearts count them as dead. Having been given so much, we reason, how could we expect not to be brought as low as Lucifer for the staggering presumption of our love?
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thus older than the jake gyllenhaal of a cowboy a lot of people were hoping for i remember.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
"o stars, isn't it from you that the lover's desire for the face
of his beloved arises? doesn't his secret insight
into her pure features come from the pure constellations?"
- from rainer maria rilke's third elegy
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Or that bloke from Lost. Just what I was thinking.
Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts’ deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, not at all. Each time they go from our sight we in our secret hearts count them as dead. Having been given so much, we reason, how could we expect not to be brought as low as Lucifer for the staggering presumption of our love?
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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
"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
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Philip Pullman + Epic Western = Awesome bookInteresting, 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
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Trying to look, trying to see
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Trying to look, trying to see
Endlessly trying to truly be free
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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.
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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
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
"Who owns this house?"
"Im looking after it for Lord Elpous"
"(Lord Help us!) Will he be gone long?"
"Quite a while i should think, they buried him this morning"
"Oh dear what was the matter?"
"He'd been lying on his back for three days."
"Well that doesnt neccessarily mean a mans dead"
"Aha, this time it did. He was on the bottom of the lake"
"Im looking after it for Lord Elpous"
"(Lord Help us!) Will he be gone long?"
"Quite a while i should think, they buried him this morning"
"Oh dear what was the matter?"
"He'd been lying on his back for three days."
"Well that doesnt neccessarily mean a mans dead"
"Aha, this time it did. He was on the bottom of the lake"
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the Silmarillion was great but i hope theBoD isnt like thatHe 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
“I didn't think it would end this way.â€
“End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back and all change to silver glass....and then you see it.â€
“What, Gandalf? See what?â€
“White shores and beyond. The far green country under a swift sunrise.â€
“Well, that isn't so bad.â€
“No, no it isn't.â€
“End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back and all change to silver glass....and then you see it.â€
“What, Gandalf? See what?â€
“White shores and beyond. The far green country under a swift sunrise.â€
“Well, that isn't so bad.â€
“No, no it isn't.â€
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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.
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But...if you've made your peace,
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"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse... And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him."
Johnny Cash, When the Man Comes Around.
"If you're frightened of dyin' and you're holding on...
You'll see devils tearing your life away.
But...if you've made your peace,
Then the devils are really angels
Freeing you from the earth."
Radiohead, Rabbit in your Headlights.
"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse... And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him."
Johnny Cash, When the Man Comes Around.
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I want another book about Will, he's my favourite character!
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