New Book for Pullman
By Therese Walsh | December 17, 2007 |
From Banbury Cake:
OXFORD author Philip Pullman has written a new book, aimed at fans of his award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy.
Earlier this month, Mr Pullman, 61, attended the premiere of The Golden Compass, alongside film stars Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman.
He said he was delighted with the £90m movie adaptation of Northern Lights, the first book in the trilogy, and hoped films would now be made of the second and third instalments, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
Mr Pullman said he also wanted to concentrate on writing his next full-length novel, The Book of Dust, which could be published in 2009.
But fans will not have to wait until then for his next book. This spring, he will release Once Upon A Time in the North – a companion to the trilogy.
Mr Pullman said: “It’s a separate story that takes place some time before Lyra was born involving the two characters Lee Scoresby, the balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear.
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I wonder if Book of Dust is the long-anticipated sequel to “Amber”. Still, I’d be interested in the prequel. Iorek and Lee were interesting characters.