From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Phillip Pullman news
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:20:10 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	(Yawn.)
	If fictional geography and fictional science are sufficient to get
people burned at the stake, it'll be a long time before Mr. Pullman's turn
comes up.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:28 AM
To: wsfalist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Phillip Pullman news

Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, is at work on a short =
story set in the same universe:

"The legions of children and adults who are impatient to return to the =
vivid, fictional world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy have =
a lot to look forward to this autumn.

Not only is a film version of the fantasy series under way at the same =
time as a stage adaptation is put together at the National Theatre, but =
Pullman is to publish a new companion piece to the trilogy in October. =
Called Lyra's Oxford, it will re-introduce readers to his heroine, Lyra, =
and celebrate the intricate and detailed fictional landscape that Pullman =
has created for her"

More at:
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,930535,00.html>

If the loons who want to ban Rowling for "promoting witchcraft" were to =
read these books, they would put aside such thoughts, head to England, and =
burn Pullman at the stake.

mjw