Simon Mason put together some of Pullman's pieces in "Daemon Voices - On Stories and Storytelling". An absolutely lovely book. Get it if you are a Pullman Fan.
Pullman has been one of my favourite authors (Have you read "His Dark Materials"? The one I got was a gift from Maha Husain, a wonderful young woman whose father was a great friend of mineI miss him a lot.)
I always thought that if Pullman and I were actual twins, I'd be the poorer twin, unknown and unheard of, while he would be the world famous author. Why would I think that, you ask.
Well, let me quote Simon about Pullman.
Sounds like everything that I love. And, to add to it, he loves Carpentry — something I used to do on the ship and at home.
Of the many books that I read (from his 29 books so far —including many children's books), one was "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ", a book that I thoroughly enjoyed. A friend, Riffat Zarreen, bought it with me. So I hope she reads the longish article I am quoting below. It's about why Pullman wrote the piece, since many people were confused by it.
What a lovely article!
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I would strongly suggest that you buy "His Dark Materials"
(and get a few children's books for your kids/siblings.)
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Not fond of reading?
Pity!
However you can still enjoy it:
Audio Versions of the 3 volumes are available.
Also, they are out on film
(the last one coming out soon).
