I went through what Lyra goes through with Pan when I was 20. Literally, the same age. And it took about 8 years to recover my sense of wonder. I almost did something terrible to myself twice. But once refound, it was so much more powerful. It was almost like a re-birth, but the world was even bigger and stranger and more mystical than I'd appreciated as a child. Adult eyes and mind that had re-found its soul. And the soul was something more than it could have been in childhood. Pulllman has cited a very short little essay, really a miniature story, by Kleist that inspired His Dark Materials and the world of the Book of Dust. It is an astonishing essay and I keep finding more in it each time I read it. 'On the Marionette Theatre' by Heinrich von Kleist. You can find a pdf of it online for free, just use a search engine. Strongly recommend for those who have reached adulthood, as a companion to The Secret Commonwealth as how to move forward to a more powerful and self-aware form of wonder and imagination.
@maikitx6838
4 жыл бұрын
I've just read the text by Kleist (and also the first 3 episodes of The Secret Commonwealth, no spoilers, please). It is a very interesting and thought-provoking short story, I'm quite amazed. I've got a lot of food for thought now. It is so great to have Pullman's works to motivate the spirit of wonder and 'looking beyond'. His writing is a concave mirror. Thank you for your comment.
@bookchaser1103
3 жыл бұрын
I relate to much of what you said. I'm much older in life, and still grappling with much of this. As the whole species is. Only Pullman gives it such music though. Thanks for posting. P.S. I would also recommend looking up Iain Mcgilchrist on KZitem. I found him via Pullman.
@Mollfie
4 жыл бұрын
Philip Pullman talk starts at about 35:38
@jackgaltress7790
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@justafidemyself
4 жыл бұрын
I love that this series is like an extended version of His Dark Materials. The original story is still there for people to enjoy, but if you want, you get a broader, extended version of the saga with Book of Dust. Can't wait to read this one.
@Lisa-lz2ul
Жыл бұрын
Just read la belle sauvage and the book of dust part two back to back over the weekend and just realised the third book isn’t finished. Please Mr Pullman, please get the third one published this Welsh girl has to know what happens next.
@mmgringoire2
4 жыл бұрын
Just finished the audiobook yesterday and I feel like I'm suffering from separation myself. Waiting for the next book is going to be painful. Please hurry Philip!
@maureencalder9911
4 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the parents who read the books to their children. I am a fan for life - love him!
@hurdygurdyguy1
2 жыл бұрын
One of the best Adult Fantasy stories I've read is Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees, a once forgotten book until Ballantine Books republished it in 1970...it tells the story of the country of Dorimare whose citizens once had commerce with the world of Faerie across the "Debatable Hills" but that was ceased (and made illegal) in favor of rationality, the "real," and how it was restored...
@dylanjj
4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this man for hours. Thank you for this recording!
@yanamariarassy3359
4 жыл бұрын
A small message to Philip Pullman: thank you and I love you
@landsnailproject2875
4 жыл бұрын
Can't help believing that Mr. Pullman and his work is set to rank alongside the great Mr. Tolkien in our culture and the Dark Materials trilogies, a wonderful landmark in our passage through 'time'. Teresa - Cambridge U.K.
I thought it was a fabulous answer to my question!
@RobertaNiche
4 жыл бұрын
@@scottbailey6918 How cool that your question was picked! Yes, a great answer.
@eddiecomerford8307
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for recording this
@jodiebeteli4751
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, I'm still shocked Waterstones have a youtube account.
@johnwade7430
Жыл бұрын
Life is like a Venetian blind - aptly put… Great presentation. Thanks
@LizziebelleXOX
4 жыл бұрын
Yessss 🥰😍😍😍I’ve been waiting for you to upload this thank you 🙏🏼
@susanhepburn6040
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@andrewkawam2603
4 жыл бұрын
59:00 - 1:00:25 As the son of two teachers, I totally understand what he means here
@user-ep8bo9gy6w
3 жыл бұрын
Interviewer: Why did you decide to write about lyra again after all this years Pullman: *clears throat* money *makes satisfactied face*
@marianasqq
4 жыл бұрын
alguém legenda para PT
@andrewkawam2603
4 жыл бұрын
1:06:38 I respectfully disagree with Philip here. The most commercially popular fantasy may be like that, but the other half of the genre that is less commercially popular is the exact opposite. It's very tuned into real things and is more interested in exploring those real ideas and creating huge moral and philosophical debates than it is interested in thrilling a reader.
@ilovecharlie4979
2 жыл бұрын
@wrathofgod manda ela 24-c sair daqui agora
@laurenermel664
4 жыл бұрын
"I'm not much interested in fantasy because it's just about dragons and swords". As much as I used to like you M. Pullman, I'm sorry to hear you becoming so full of yourself. Obviously you haven't read any fantasy or completely ignore the work of Tolkien.
@bookchaser1103
3 жыл бұрын
Pullman has been lambasting Tolkien for 20 years. I find it unreadable myself.
@wikedwhich1
3 жыл бұрын
or two others who are amazing ...Robin Hobb and Jeff Wheeler
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