Henk Langeveld <mailto:hlangeveld_at_QYbKIdLe-77epHTI7NJaxpubI5OOTV3181pN4y_Cj7Cijk8zTU-zBQFCbc2u81P3IY0OyfJgw5hP0ORQzFHuBrog.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Andrew Solovay wrote:
>> Be warned, I think III is much the weakest of the series. And it's a
>> lot more self-indulgent--Pullman the Novelist has to periodically
>> step aside and let Pullman the Village Atheist rant for a few pages.
> Hmmm... I've read some reviews, and I do get the feeling he had some
> axes to grind...
>From what I hear, he hated hated *hated* that reviewers compared him to C.S.
Lewis. (He wouldn't just take it as a compliment and leave it at that.)
I think he felt the need to make "His Dark Materials" into the anti-Narnia, and by late in "Spyglass", he just kept beating people over the head with it.
ObHQ: Heinlein's "Glory Road" is very heroquesty, but it still sucks. Received on Sun 02 Nov 2003 - 20:06:05 EET
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