Ok, here it is...

I am about to do a friends cut. It is nothing personal to anyone, but I have to trim my list down. I can't keep up. If you were cut, and feel it might have been in error, that you do read my posts even if you haven't commented in a while, or that you would like to remain on my friends list, please reply to this post. I will be happy to reconsider anyone I cut. All comments will be screened for privacy.

His Dark Materials

I read Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy about a year ago. I recently head that there are plans for a movie of The Golden Compass, the first of the 3 books, and so my interest in the series has been re-awakened. I went to www.darkmaterials.com recently, and found the following item in the FAQ. I found this interesting as there is a religious overtone to the series, and the title of the series is inspired fom Milton's "Paradise Lost"...that most of us probably slept through reading in highschool.

( What are Philip Pullman's views on God? )

I also found an interesting article here, that compares Little Red Riding Hood with The Golden Compass.

( An excerpt )

I had no idea the version of the Little Red Riding Hood I grew up with was not the original one, or that the earlier versions were more grim than Grimm.

I am going to try to read more on the site later. I have to go to bed now though. Chas and I have to leave to go to the airport in a short few hours.