Philip Pullman has an opinionated piece in the Guardian today. Focusing again on the environment, he bemoans the bureaucracy that keeps him from installing solar panels on his home. “They said immediately that we could forget it because this is a grade II-listed building. […] It doesn’t even occur to it that there are more urgent and recent considerations that should override them.” Pullman goes on to say, “I feel I have an individual responsibility, but at the same time putting in low-energy light bulbs or flying as little as possible – as I do now – will make not one atom of difference. This problem can really only be dealt with by the government, and I have absolutely no faith that the craven liars who are in power now will do anything at all.” Read more.
French site Elbakin.net has grabbed some scans of a promotional booklet for The Golden Compass movie. It seems very similar to the English-language promotional pack New Line sent out some months ago, but features a few new shots – for example, two in the lower-right here. It also shows the film’s logo in French for the first time – interestingly, the title contains the French title for the series as a whole, A la Croisee des Mondes; whilst as far as we know, TGC is being promoted without the His Dark Materials tag at the moment. Head over to Ebalkin to view the booklet.
Update: There’s also a scan of Lyra and John Faa to view too.
