Intelligent Life magazine described the trilogy as “a creation myth for the 21st century”. Instead of an entire world or civilization being at risk, multiple, alternate realities are at risk. “After Pullman submitted the first book’s manuscript to U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf, editors there mistakenly referred to it as The Golden Compass, thinking the name a reference to young Lyra’s alethiometer. Northern Lights Filmed as The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by PHILIP PULLMAN Book Condition: Very Good Book Description: SCHOLASTIC, 2007. Northern Lights Based on Northern Lights, renamed The Golden Compass for American readers, the film tells how Lyra, a mischievous noble-born orphan who grows up in an Oxford college, goes on … I have to admit...it looks GOOD!! The Golden Compass/Northern Lights (Why oh why do they name … Northern Lights/The Golden Compass. The first book, however, is called Northern Lights in most regions except the U.S., where it's instead known as The Golden Compass. Serafina Pekkala, p. 186. She sees something that shocks her: the Master poisons wine intended for her beloved but terrifying uncle, Lord Asriel. Answer (1 of 25): (SPOILERS) The book has, in fact, not been banned, though it has certainly come close to it. Northern Lights The Golden Compass is a failed attempt to tell the story written originally by Philip Pulman in The Northern Lights. Iofur Raknison is a major antagonist in the 1995 young-adult fantasy book Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, the first in the trilogy His Dark Materials. The Golden Compass (aka Northern Lights) | Overclockers UK … “I want none of your money,” said I, … HDM 1: Northern Lights/The Golden Compass - here be spoilers. Explore. The first book, however, is called Northern Lights in most regions except the U.S., where it's instead known as The Golden Compass. As strange as it is to have two different titles for the same book, the story of how this happened is even stranger. Havn't seen a thread about this film yet, but its one i've been looking forward to greatly. Paperback. Northern Lights Dakota Blue Richards stars as orphan Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass. In this quote, Serafina Pekkala lays out in plain terms what makes witches witches. Who says Hollywood book adaptations have to be bad? The reader is taken to a world that is a fantasy one, but is also on the cutting edge of science. At once memories of Phillip Pullman’s Northern Lights novel (renamed The Golden Compass), flooded back to me and it was easy to see where his inspiration for the Gypsums came from. The Book of Dust I agree about the name, Golden Compass matches the objects so much better in a trilogy based story than just Northern Lights, but as that's the original name and the one I always had in my books, both original and translated version, I'll stick to the original Northern Lights. The feel is more late-19th century, most of the technology (with a few exceptions) appearing to be of about that time. I've just watched a preview of the forthcoming film taken from the book by Philip Pullman!