Posted by Peter Ceresole on January 23, 2009 at 16:34:04 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: AR influence - JKR and Pullman posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on January 23, 2009 at 10:40:04:
I ploughed through his trilogy nad was annoyed and disappointed - it began so well, but trailed off to nothing, Not at all AR's standard of plotting.
I'm always a bit surprised when people try to relate Pullman's work to AR. I know that Pullman has expressed his admiration and liking for SA, and there's a belief that Lyra's rebellious character was basically influenced by that of Nancy, but I really can't see any closer relationship between Pullman's 'Dark Materials' books and AR's books than that. Their style, plotting and preoccupations could hardly be more different.