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His Chicago was the city of the first skyscrapers, the Columbian Exposition, and George Pullman's company town.

The Creativity of L. Frank Baum 2009

Having read your comments before I finished the book, I had a chance to watch for things Philip Pullman would have problems with, and I don't think it likely that Pullman's head would explode.

mrissa: books read, late March mrissa 2010

Either way, Pullman's combination of renewal and expansion of the genre, his profound messages on the value of life and his refusal to under-estimate his young readers 'ability to see life as it is makes Pullman one of the most interesting and important writers of modern fantasy.

Well, color me mildly surprised.... 2009

Pullman's emergence as a figurehead in the defence of libraries, for instance, came about quite fortuitously.

From Stephen Fry to Hugh Grant: The rise of the celebrity activist 2011

I do want to finish Pullman's series though, I do, even if I suspect it's going to be one helluva downer.

Oh look! Something shiny! pabba 2009

The series have been described as a sort of "anti-Narnia", as Pullman's attempt to write an updated variant of the kind of books C S Lewis, whom Pullman has criticized for having racist, misogynic and preaching tendencies, wanted to write.

Well, color me mildly surprised.... 2009

I love the idea that I sit chirping into your ear, like one of Philip Pullman's "daemons" from Northern Lights, prodding you to examine your conscience.

Dear Mariella: I do yoga, which makes my boyfriend reckon that I've joined a cult. Can we get past this? 2011

The result was a disappointing film, no sequel and a slowing of the once-unstoppable rise in Philip Pullman's sales: a shame since the books deserve to be read by everyone.

How children's books escape the page 2011

So does the alternate England of Philip Pullman's young-adult series "The Golden Compass" and its sequels.

"The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack," steampunk by Mark Hodder Michael Dirda 2010

This small event went viral, as a transcript of Pullman's words was linked more than 25,000 times on Facebook and Twitter.

From Stephen Fry to Hugh Grant: The rise of the celebrity activist 2011