Just gone through the Golden Compass trilogy by Philip Pullman on audiobook. Although these books are childrens books (or I’d say youth), they are still great reads for adults. Not at least because of his amusing and unusual underlying philosophy about religion. In his world God is the villain and the fallen angels are the good guys. The church is evil, and God a fraud. He obviously doesn’t care much for the church. Anyway, beside this the books are also well written and the world, or worlds as multiple universes are the background of the story, is very well imagined in all their detail. The trilogy is well worth the read. The movie however is a faint shadow compared to the first book, and I cannot recommend it. But that is often the case when books are made into movies. Lord of the Rings is an unusual exception to that rule, but it goes to show how much effort needs to be put into a movie to bring it up to the level of many of the good books.
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Nice writing style. I look forward to reading more in the future.