The Elements of His Dark Materials

The Elements of His Dark Materials
by Laurie Frost

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Author: Laurie Frost
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-15
ISBN: 0975943014
Number of pages: 560
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Fell Press

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Book Review: Seriously Flawed
Summary: 1 Stars

Philip Pullman might use this as a reference, but he also knows what she gets wrong. There are a number of glaring errors, of which I will cite one. Frost asserts that the angel Balthamos is female even though all the quotations she offers refer to Balthamos as "he." And Balthamos is male as is his friend Baruch. Frost's work is seemingly comprehensive but careless, badly edited, and at times misleading. Too bad, as a good encyclopedia of HDM would be welcome.

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Summary of The Elements of His Dark Materials

An illustrated, comprehensive, reader-friendly reference to Pullman's brilliant trilogy--valuable for fans and researchers alike. Packed with clues to literary imagery and subtle allusions, Frost's encyclopedia-style guide exposes the depths of all three titles, including the appendices in the 10th anniversary editions of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass published in the UK in 2005 (not yet released in the US).

The Elements of His Dark Materials features:
Foreword by Philip Pullman
140 photos
26 illustrations
11 maps (for example: Gobbler sightings, gyptians' voyage, Scoresby's journeys, Will and Iorek's route to the Himalayas)
12 chapters (for example: characters, places, applied and natural sciences, and social structures)

US and UK page numbers for each element described
Reference section with suggestions for further reading, works relating to His Dark Materials, and a Pullman bibliography.

Extra-textual remarks accompany some elements' entries and include:
Notes on text-level differences between the UK and US editions or between the three volumes;
Observations-- speculative comments
Facts-- real world counterparts to the fictional elements of the books
Updates--based on the appendices Philip Pullman added to the tenth anniversary editions of the trilogy (not yet released in the US).

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